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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I expect that the knives are coming out for JS. He got kind of lucky, he survived his second election.
I mean they went from a height of official opposition at over 100 seats under Jack. Angry Tom's election dropped him down to 44 and he was pretty much fired. In Jagmeets first election, where the Liberal's were a mess, and the Conservatives not much better he dropped to 24 seats. Then in the last election which was supposed to be his Orange Wave moment he fell with a thud and got 25 seats.
He's probably one of the worst performing NDP leaders. He's taking a lot of flack now for this deal with the Liberals, its not helping with a frustrated voter base.
I expect if the NDP can push him out before an election they will.
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IMO they've put themselves in a huge bind. The libs aren't likely to follow through on their agreed promise prior to right before the election- essentially a way of guaranteeing their support through the term of the agreement. The party likely can't ditch Jagmeet and undergo a leadership race while propping up the government, as it may trigger confidence. If they don't stick to it and obtain the promise from the liberals, they will look even more impotent than they already are. BUT if they wait that long to can Jagmeet, they won't have enough time to install a new leader and settle them in the run up to an election for a difference to be made.
They really ####ed themselves here imo.