Still?
He never was. NEVER! The NDP made a mistake in choosing him, and he’s been mostly unable to rise to the role ever since.
Seems like a likeable guy, but not a political leader of note.
Rachel Notley is the right person to lead the NDP. Get out of the way Singh.
Hmm. That’s a really great take. Can we afford to lose her tireless focus regionally just to get her federally? She needs a cushier appointment after the PTSD of living in such a fiefdom, but no one else in her role has her experience with those chucklenuts and I worry that’s to the detriment of people in the 403 I care about.
Oh, but she’d be great as in the Canada’s Conscience role as she’s yet more unbiased than Jagmeet; and if we can’t have Mr Mulcair poking fun at the blues, then I choo-choo-choose her.
Nenshi can take over regionally, I hope!
Nope. Time for Singh to kick rocks.
If the party suffers under your leadership, you are not right for the party.
The metric for the NDP isn’t how many seats they get, because they’re never going to get into power. Its how much influence they are able to apply to the government. By that metric, the NDP have been doing well.
By that metric, the NDP have been doing well.
Except the sabre-rattling that could let Milhouse into power and damn the country. Aside from that, it was good. When Jagmeet had the screws to Justin and was getting things people needed, that was a good thing that the power play killed.
I don’t think we’ll get that back, even under Mark, and that’ll be the lasting damage here.
The government was going to fall if Trudeau didn’t retire. With that context, it didn’t really cost our country anything, and it allowed the NDP to demonstrate to the next government that they have agency and the will to use it.
I would have been more inclined to go NDP if he resigned a long time ago. Too little too late for me. Liberals did a bunch of cheesy bullshit, he backed them in them, and now he wants to pretend that never happened. We have no good options.
Cough Greens cough
Bring in Charlie Angus for a leader. 😁
100% this. The NDP need assertive, angry leadership. Someone who can stab at the political establishment with the righteous anger of the working class and demand worker’s rights, a wealth cap, and an end to rent-seeking.
I think Singh shares a lot of those ideals, but his persona is just too friendly (he describes how to pronounce his name as “rhymes with hug” ffs). Every time I hear from Angus, I find myself shouting “fuck yeah!”. That’s the kind of leader the Left needs.
I agree that the party needs more aggressive leadership but as a person of colour I can guarantee Jagmeet’s already weakening support would tank if he was seen as anything less than a model minority. Racist people don’t want to see any brown man lead the country, much less an angry brown man.
That’s a good point. It’s infuriating that racism has an effect on our politics like this. Really what this says is: no matter what Jagmeet says or does, he’s not electable because of his skin colour, and that’s fucked.
I was an NDP supporter for a long time, until Mulcair started doing insane things like dragging the party to the right. Now I vote Green, since they’re the only party that seems to care whether there is a world for my kid to grow up in, but I would come back to the NDP in a heartbeat if I saw them genuinely fighting for the planet and workers again. But it’s the fighting I want to see.
Singh was asked if he’s still the right leader for the party.
“So if you want to defend health care, I’m your guy. I’m the only one that’s committed to defending health care, fighting back against privatization, not letting people profit off the pain of Canadians,” he said.
Singh said both the Liberals and Conservatives are proposing cuts to federal spending […]
Either the question was asked poorly or he didn’t understand because he clearly was not answering the question that was asked.
One of the frustrating new realities of politicians these days is that they basically all follow the mantra of “don’t answer the question that was asked, answer the question that you wish was asked”. It’s extremely frustrating.
It’s gotta be Wab Kinew eventually. He’s doing such a good job rallying Manitobans and he seems more likable overall.
Then why is Angus on CNN and sponsoring these Musk petitions? As party leader that should be him.
