Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 21 hours agoBonnie Crombie to step down as Ontario Liberal leader after weak show of supportwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkBonnie Crombie to step down as Ontario Liberal leader after weak show of supportwww.cbc.caAvid Amoeba@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 21 hours agomessage-square6linkfedilinkfile-text
Delegates at the Ontario Liberal AGM this weekend voted on whether to hold a new leadership race and 57 per cent voted no.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-218 hours ago 57 per cent voted no. This is why things are fucked. 57% thought she’s okay to run against Ford. That’s over half the OLP delegates basically voting for a Ford win. E: Crombie said she felt confident heading into the voting, with the support of the party’s executive council, her team and the caucus. Src 🙈🙉🙊
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·21 hours agoShe has already proven she can’t run against Ford.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 hours agoAnd yet these folks were like, “we’d like to try again.”
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoTaking lessons from the NDP I see.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 hours agoMore about the disconnect between the leadership and the membership: Crombie said she felt confident heading into the voting, with the support of the party’s executive council, her team and the caucus. Src
This is why things are fucked. 57% thought she’s okay to run against Ford. That’s over half the OLP delegates basically voting for a Ford win.
E:
🙈🙉🙊
She has already proven she can’t run against Ford.
And yet these folks were like, “we’d like to try again.”
Taking lessons from the NDP I see.
More about the disconnect between the leadership and the membership: