"Leaderless and rudderless". That's how one of our local television news broadcasters described our provincial system in British Columbia. Recently, Liberal Premier Gordon "03-02659" Campbell announced his retirement, after dropping the popularity of his party into unprecendented single digits. Please click here to read about that.
The Official Opposition recently responded to their opportunity to finally overtake Campbell's majority government-slash-cult of personality. Their tactic was to commit political hari-kiri by ousting their leader Carole James. All the Libs have to do now is call a snap election, and hey presto, they're in for four more years.
In my opinion, our government seems to be in a death spiral towards total incompetence. Campbell led his party by sheer will, total arrogance, and an unending personal supply of red knit mittens. James couldn't find an issue even if somebody gave her one to blow her nose into. I hope these two enjoy their newfound retirement, giving the voters some respite from their antics up on The Hill.
Or does it? Instead of the usual cast of inept bunglers on the main stage, we now see the encroachment of old political hacks (and I use that word in the kindest sense, i.e. as in to to take another hack at something) like Bill Van Der Zalm and Moe Sahota, both who were forced out of office because they were charged with breaking the law. Is there a massive underground conspiracy that ignores the party lines of Liberals and New Democrats in a secret cabalistic surge for power? Or are the bottom-feeders coming up to chew on the dead carcass of BC politics like maggots squirming and wriggling in sudden sunlight?
Personally, I like the conspiracy theory better. A conspiracy would imply that at least somebody out there cares enough to do something about our current political mess. All hail the cabal!
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