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Originally posted by Papal Bull:
Why won't the Cons help...They're MODERATES!
That meme is getting seriously play early on:
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The cabinet - 27 members, including the prime minister - marks another deliberate step toward the pragmatic middle and away from the new Conservative party's ideological roots, say a trio of experts. All the hue and cry over floor-crossing Liberal David Emerson and unelected, soon-to-be- senator Michael Fortier vaulting straight onto the Tory front bench merely drives home the point.
"This seems to be a clear nod toward quite a pragmatic, centrist style of government," said Allan Tupper, a political scientist at the University of British Columbia.
CP via Telus
Crappy link but it will be up on more MS sites soon.
Congratulations to the brits on this specific initiative. Doesn't make up for the Blair foreign invasion record, in my mind, but it is positive for some women out there.
(Isn't it ironic: As even staunch allies such as Blair take steps to distance themselves from Bush -- canada starts up the old, reach around.)