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Originally Posted by darklord700
I've seen this kind of palace coup play out in the workplace and it'd never worked. Most people talked a good talk by the water cooler or in the lunch room but when push comes to shove, people just worry about getting their next pay cheque and never do anything.
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It's pretty obvious that with Len leaving to run federally, he really had nothing to lose with sitting as an independent and more to gain by publicly distancing himself from Redford.
Any other MLAs thinking of crossing are between a rock and a hard place. If they leave as independents they have to start from scratch and will lose the support of their constituency for the next election. I can't recall any MLA in Alberta, besides Sherman, who left a party and was re-elected the next election as an independant.
Their only other option is to join the Wildrose (or another party), but that in itself is a pretty bold move and given the hatred between the two parties conservative parties I don't think many will chose that option.
There's a good article and quote from Snelgrove on the perils of leaving a party.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/po...688/story.html