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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The same thing has happened federally on the left for decades. Should the NDP and Liberals merge?
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It's funny how federal Liberal types always trot out the vote splitting on the left argument as an excuse when they lose given that party has traditionally been far closer to the (Progressive) Conservatives than it ever was the NDP. It wasn't until Layton moved the NDP to the right that the two parties really started to close up. And now that the federal NDP looks to be snapping back to the left fringe, the Liberals will once again be closer in ideology to the Conservatives - though the gap has certainly widened.