Singh had many reasonable opportunities to do this over the last few years, but finally pulls the rip cord when the Conservatives are polling way ahead? What the fuck? He's such a useless piece of shit, why do the NDP keep him around
Obviously I was being glib. But even if I weren't, I am not intending to be a leader, so Pratchet is not talking about me.
Having said that, voters have dynamic, even mutable qualities, and those are exactly the qualities that determine elections. There is an entirely reasonable approach to politics that is about educating and informing voters so that they can make more rational decisions. There is a very effective approach to politics that encourages and exploits voter disenfranchisement. Yes, voters can be the problem.
Yeah, I thought selecting him for leader was bad years ago, but it's obvious now that he can't really do much of anything. Guess we'd better prep for 4 years of conservative austerity since our electoral system is broken.
We will be lucky to get away with 4 years. A generation of young men is being swayed conservative in the smoke pits of the internet and I'm worried we'll suffer a lost decade of governance by bumper sticker weirdos.