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| Randy White speaking to BC Conservatives |
The Saturday, Parksville Qualicum News had a story from writer Neil Horner; one he had written after spending time in an interview
with former Reform MP Randy White.
With Randy Whites reform background, the following observation from Mr. Horner
came as no surprise to me:
Like the NDP, he (Randy White) said,
the B.C. Conservatives have come to a point where they can no longer act as a
protest vote, but rather, must come across as a government in waiting.
Randy White also commented on vote splitting during the interview say;
“The people have lost confidence
of the people, so in desperation, what you have is Liberal supporters saying we
are splitting the vote, in an effort to hang on at any cost, but it’s not going
to happen for them. It’s just not there. The days are gone where you can scare
someone into voting for you.”
Reporter Tom Fletcher posted a link, on Facebook, to the Parksville
Qualicum Beach News story – and included this quote from Randy White:
“I had some surprising calls over
Christmas and I can say with some assurance it is very likely the Conservatives
will be a party in the legislature before the next election. I think there are enough disgruntled members
in their caucus and I don’t know if Christy Clark can hold all that together.”
That led someone to ask … “Are they actively promoting an NDP
government or are they so sure there is going to be one that they've moved on
to competing with the Liberals for who comes next as right of centre?”
Here is what I believe … even without the emergence of the John Cummins
led BC Conservatives, Christy Clark's Liberals would have lost the next
election.
