Mining dissent in the NDP
When Bob Simpson was campaigning with Carole James in the spring of 2009 (here he meets her campaign bus at a stop in Quesnel), he knew the two Cariboo seats were among the tightest races in the...
View ArticleMore trouble in NDP-land
Here’s the view of the NDP benches from the press gallery seats, showing the players in the latest shuffle. Behind Carole James is Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm MacDonald, a rising star of the NDP...
View ArticleLali plays race card, folds
Fraser-Nicola MLA Harry Lali has offered a carefully worded apology for his comments about the BC Rail corruption case. Lali backed down after Attorney General Mike de Jong wrote a letter to NDP leader...
View ArticleNDP rebellion goes deeper
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA Jenny Kwan (left) was there to support Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy (centre) today when Conroy called a brief news conference to announce she has resigned as NDP caucus...
View ArticleLoose ends from NDP showdown
Here’s Moe Sihota, presiding over last weekend’s fractious meeting of the NDP provincial council. Before reporters were asked to leave the crowded room, there was a brief discussion about Sihota’s...
View ArticleKwan blasts James, Sihota
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA Jenny Kwan has issued the following statement explaining why she no longer supports Carole James as NDP leader: Seven years ago, with pride and hope in my heart, I...
View ArticleBob Simpson rides again
Where’s Carole James heading? Here is my conversation with Cariboo North independent Bob Simpson on Jenny Kwan’s broadside against the leader yesterday: Simpson: Jenny’s letter (see previous post) had...
View ArticleOver to you, anti-James gang
NDP leader Carole James threw out a challenge to the gang of 13 dissident MLAs who chased her out of office today, to do something constructive now that she has given in to their demand that she go....
View ArticleFarnworth weighs his options
Veteran NDP house leader Mike Farnworth issued a statement today from his Port Coquitlam constituency office, acknowledging that he is going to consider a run for the leadership to replace Carole...
View ArticleHarry Lali ‘strongly leaning’
Fraser-Nicola MLA Harry Lali, one of the Baker’s Dozen dissidents who forced Carole James to resign last week, issued the following statement from his Merritt constituency office this morning: “During...
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