B.C. United Leader Kevin Falcon says the provincial Conservatives have rejected a deal to avoid vote-splitting in the fall provincial election.
He says talks between the two right-of-centre parties concluded with B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad rejecting a proposed “non-competition” agreement.
Falcon says Rustad has “placed his own ambition” above B.C.'s interests and is risking the re-election of the governing NDP.
If they’re concerned about vote splitting they could always support proportion representation to nullify that issue.
God I would love to have perfect competition in politics.
Updated story:
Rustad also released a statement Friday in which he attacked Falcon and quashed any possibility of a merger, saying Falcon definitively rejected the idea late last year.
“Kevin Falcon declined our offers in December 2023 to discuss a possible merger — with a single message stating, and I quote, ‘F–k Off’,” Rustad said in the statement.
Falcon says Rustad has “placed his own ambition” above B.C.'s interests and is risking the re-election of the governing NDP.
No Kevin, it’s one party’s idea of one right-of-NDP coalition’s idea of B.C.’s interests.
Opposition party speak is an embarrassing side of politics. No matter what side of the aisle.
I love this, please keep fighting.
On the one hand, it’s nice to see the right fighting itself.
On the other hand, seeing the Conservatives be the ones in the lead of the two parties is… not great.
We went from a right-of-centre BC ‘United’ vs a left-of-centre BC NDP, to a right-wing BC Cons vs a left-of-centre BC NDP. I’m not loving that shift to an even worse opposition party.
Falcon and Rustard hating each other is the best thing that ever happened in BC Politics
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United Leader Kevin Falcon says the provincial Conservatives have rejected a deal to avoid vote-splitting in the fall provincial election.
He says talks between the two right-of-centre parties concluded with B.C.
Conservatives Leader John Rustad rejecting a proposed “non-competition” agreement.
Falcon says Rustad has “placed his own ambition” above B.C.
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Rustad looks like what AI would generate if you asked it to create a picture of an old white conservative male.
Maybe the NDP will survive this vote despite absolutely nullifying the surrey muni vote through autocratic dictation.
The Untied can’t kick people out of the party, let those people go to Conservtives, Conservitive poll numbers go up and up, and then United want join Conservitives.
United have nothing to offer Conservatives if Conservitives under Rustad are patient enough. Falcon is in a rush for power and is trying line up with Rustad before United become irrelevent and forgotten.
