Dale Kirby and Christopher Mitchelmore shifted their desks in the House of Assembly on Tuesday from the independent or unaffiliated part of the chamber to sit with the Liberals. They left the New Democratic Party last fall voicing concerns as they left about Lorraine Michael’s leadership and the lack of
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Stagnation and Decay #nlpoli
The House of Assembly finished its spring session on Thursday after what appears to be one of the shortest sessions in the past 30 years. The government presented only seven bills for debate, only a quarter of the normal load for the major sitting for the House. That seems to
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Tone, Standards and Political Suicide #nlpoli
The song from MASH was wrong. Suicide is not painless. And political suicide is more painful to watch than any other kind. Paul Lane is a Conservative member of the provincial legislature. He is especially active on Twitter and provincial talk radio. When he isn’t tweeting about Muskrat Falls or
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