jaw dropping
Last week, Belinda Stronach voted to declare non-confidence in the Liberal government four times. This week, she has crossed the floor and joined the Liberals, and been parachuted into cabinet as the minister for human resources.
Damn. And to think that I had nominated her for Republican Babe-of-the week. Turns out, she was a Liberal all along.
So, what does this mean for the budget vote on Thursday? As it stands, the Liberals still stand to lose, unless they renege on their pairing arrangement (ie instead of both their sick MP and the Conservative cancer-stricken MP missing the vote, they sneak their guy into the House to vote at the last minute). If they do that, then they only need either Kilgour's or Cadman's vote to retain power.
If the government should still fall, look for Belinda to be thoroughly trounced at the polls in the upcoming election.
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