floofloof@lemmy.ca to CanadaPolitics@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoAvi Lewis to lead NDP after successful populist, left-wing leadership campaignwww.thestar.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAvi Lewis to lead NDP after successful populist, left-wing leadership campaignwww.thestar.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to CanadaPolitics@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-square102@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoLike Jack Layton, he’s a white heterosexual Anglo male with a good pedigree; and like Layton, I think he will win the NDP lots of seats. We aren’t all that different from the Yanks. (Here’s to you, wp:Jagmeet Singh: at least the Liberals remain a minority.)
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHe ran for parliament twice, got 25% of the vote in 2021, and 12% in 2025.
minus-squareCircaV@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSo? He ran in riding that have never voted NDP. He will run eventually and win a seat. No rush though. Jack Layton didn’t have a seat for a year.
Like Jack Layton, he’s a white heterosexual Anglo male with a good pedigree; and like Layton, I think he will win the NDP lots of seats.
We aren’t all that different from the Yanks.
(Here’s to you, wp:Jagmeet Singh: at least the Liberals remain a minority.)
He ran for parliament twice, got 25% of the vote in 2021, and 12% in 2025.
So? He ran in riding that have never voted NDP. He will run eventually and win a seat. No rush though. Jack Layton didn’t have a seat for a year.