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Thursday, 9 June 2011
Right now Jack Layton and the NDP are rightfully riding high, with their newly elected MPs learning the ropes. Layton says repeatedly that the NDP will keep the Conservative majority government honest, by raising issues which it believes the government should pay attention to.
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Layton argues what the government has to listen to the NDP issues, because 60% of the voters did not vote for Harper's Tories. By saying this, Layton has assumed the NDP has the right to speak for the 60%.
The NDP is living in a fantasy land. Their view of their role in the next four or so years as being the standard bearer for the 60% of non-Tory voters will soon be brushed aside by the reality of politics. That reality takes two forms.
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