I'm very unhappy with the current state of affairs, and the fact that had the NDP *or* the Liberal voters in a bunch of ridings voted with half a brain they would be in a majority coalition right now, instead of giving away a ton of seats to the CPC (non-communist) by idiotically voting for the third-place guy.
But at the same time, if I were choosing what order the party leaders should die in, I would have picked Layton last.
I hope that list was limited to the top 3 parties! For being a caucus of one, May's actually been setting a pretty impressive example so far.
But yes, I saw your post-election analysis and I do agree. It was an idiotic result all around, ending with a "majority government" that ultimately rests on 6000 votes in the Greater Toronto area.
Green cost real parties a seat by vote splitting in a couple of places - but sure, okay, I would probably have flipped a coin between May and Layton for last place.
(Harper and Ignatieff vying for first place would be determined entirely by if I had a time machine or not. Duceppe would take a solid #3 on principle.)
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Date: 2011-08-22 10:11 pm (UTC)But at the same time, if I were choosing what order the party leaders should die in, I would have picked Layton last.
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Date: 2011-08-22 10:31 pm (UTC)But yes, I saw your post-election analysis and I do agree. It was an idiotic result all around, ending with a "majority government" that ultimately rests on 6000 votes in the Greater Toronto area.
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Date: 2011-08-22 10:55 pm (UTC)(Harper and Ignatieff vying for first place would be determined entirely by if I had a time machine or not. Duceppe would take a solid #3 on principle.)