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December 14, 2004
The Ozymandias Club

Oh, how the might have fallen! Just three short months ago, federal Liberal sympathizers Christy Clark, Gary Collins, Geoff Plant and Colin Hansen occupied four of the most powerful seats around the provincial cabinet table: the deputy premier's office, finance, the attorney general's office and health. But now that Ministers Clark and Collins have vacated their chairs, Liberal influence within the Campbell administration is on life support. And, according to the rumour mill, Attorney General Plant may also be looking to exit British Columbia politics or even resign.

His theoretical departure would make Minister Hansen the only remaining true Grit supporter in the government's elected inner circle, surrounded by an increasing number of federal Conservative legislative staffers. Add that together with the fact right wingers have a firm grip on provincial Liberal headquarters, and we could be looking at the complete collapse of the big tent party the premier has worked so hard to erect.

Posted by Sean Holman at 08:26 PM
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When thinking of Gordon Campbell what humoursome "cult of personality" state dictator "comes to mind"?

Posted by History question? on December 14, 2004 10:08 PM

You should ask Alicia Barsallo. Her "Shining Path" comrades are partial to that kind of thing.

Posted by Harry Salmon on December 14, 2004 10:18 PM

How long will it be before the "leadership" of the provincial Liberal Party stops gaging and vomiting behind the Premier's back?

Posted by Leadership question? on December 14, 2004 10:26 PM

Oh my God, the emperor is losing his clothes!

Posted by A plebeian on December 14, 2004 10:47 PM

I doubt anyone can authoritatively claim to know the breakdown of federal party support for the 5 odd people at headquarters, let alone the 100+ in the legislature! I call bullshit.

Posted by guy on December 14, 2004 11:52 PM

I agree with Guy...please post specifics instead of this vaugue stuff. Thank-you.

Posted by mp3 on December 15, 2004 12:03 AM

Re: Who's Gagging Who....maybe it's time to consider the possibility that this is the real face of the BC Liberal party.

Re: Specifics...Isn't 3 out of 4 (ie. 75%) specific enough for you?

Posted by RossK on December 15, 2004 12:13 AM

Sean, your blog used to actually be relevant and news worthy. Now... How is it that someone who won a Webster can scrape the bottom so quickly. Get off your ass, stop bottom feeding and get back to reporting real news not rumour and speculation. And please, stop posting ego stroking, you saw it here first crap. You're a reporter aren't you?

Posted by Relevance on December 15, 2004 09:21 AM

All I can say is Merry Christmas!

Posted by viki on December 15, 2004 10:00 AM

"Big tent party" -- thats a joke, right?

Posted by mote on December 15, 2004 11:00 AM

Will the last Federal Liberal out the door please close it behind them.

Posted by Richard Tones on December 15, 2004 01:22 PM

The powerful federal liberals walk out, the "last" federal liberal out the door will probably get the handle in his/her tooshie

Posted by ouch on December 15, 2004 01:43 PM

new party forming?

Posted by geo on December 15, 2004 03:53 PM

What confuses me is this:

Why would "Federal" Liberals have gone along (and executed) such a conservative agenda if they are indeed "True Grits" ???

Posted by econspan on December 16, 2004 12:14 AM

and what's an Ozymandias?

Posted by econspan on December 16, 2004 12:16 AM

Am I the only one who's seeing a common link here between the BC Cabinet resignations of Clark and Collins and the Federal Cabinet dismissal of David Anderson? They are all linked to Dave Basi. I just have a hard time telling myself that it's all just pure, raw, unadulterated coincidence.

Posted by Budd Campbell on December 16, 2004 12:11 PM

Yes. And you stop smoking BC Budd Campbell Light

Posted by An answer. on December 16, 2004 09:20 PM

OKay, so what's the smart answer now? It's just getting more and more obvious that this whole drug financed political gamesmanship is going to blow up and take some major as well as minor casualties.

Older, cooler hands who could have, and should have, and in fact secretly did know better chose to believe that these eager young assistants were so eager beaverish that they could defy the laws of political gravity, that they could get hundreds of genuinely interested people out to riding AGMs and nomination fights where no one else could. These kids were magic!

Yeah, right. Now we know what the magic ingredient was, ... easy money and lots of it!

Posted by Budd Campbell on January 6, 2005 11:45 AM




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