And to think that until recently the BC Conservative Party was the BC Liberal Party, although like the Australian Liberal Party they were and are right wing. The question is should the BC NDP lose government would they suddenly rebrand themselves as the BC Liberal Party or would that be counterproductive given the Liberal Party of Canada…
And to think that until recently the BC Conservative Party was the BC Liberal Party, although like the Australian Liberal Party they were and are right wing. The question is should the BC NDP lose government would they suddenly rebrand themselves as the BC Liberal Party or would that be counterproductive given the Liberal Party of Canada will lose government next year, barring sudden changes in federal politics?
To make a united from of the Canadian left. Canada like the UK and unlike Australia and New Zealand retains their First Past The Post electoral system at both the federal and provincial levels of government. The big test is will the Liberal Party fall into 3rd party status as it did in 2011 or just a weak second?
And to think that until recently the BC Conservative Party was the BC Liberal Party, although like the Australian Liberal Party they were and are right wing. The question is should the BC NDP lose government would they suddenly rebrand themselves as the BC Liberal Party or would that be counterproductive given the Liberal Party of Canada will lose government next year, barring sudden changes in federal politics?
The latter. Why would they want to do anything except keep the NDP label?
To make a united from of the Canadian left. Canada like the UK and unlike Australia and New Zealand retains their First Past The Post electoral system at both the federal and provincial levels of government. The big test is will the Liberal Party fall into 3rd party status as it did in 2011 or just a weak second?
Did you mean "united front"?
yes I do.
Don't they still have the option to agree on an electoral alliance with the Liberals if that makes political sense?
Technically yes. The question is who would be the senior partner though?
Or whether the Liberals would agree to that. But the same thing would effectively be true for a merger.