If you find yourself (Apolitical Staples)

If you find yourself

in Chapters with a few minutes to spare the cover story in the latest Walrus Magazine is worth a look. It is the classic debate for social democrats; do you move to the centre to become electable or to you press to get your policies inacted from the back-benches. If you are in the latter category you are still bitter that Mr. Layton gave up his once in a generation bargaining power for an extra ten seats. I, for one, think that the NDP "third-way" play is the right way to go. But I am not a social democrat.

Posted on May 10, 2006 | Permalink

Comments (5)

nomdenet:

There is only a right way and a wrong way. Tony Blair bafflegap like the Third Way will get you- England failing.

It’s simple, captialism works, socialism doesn’t. If there weren’t 2.5 billion people in China and India hungry for your job , maybe the Third Way could delay the inevitiable. But global trade ended the game of “pretend it’s working” for the Third Way advocates.

Posted by nomdenet | May 10, 2006 2:16 PM

Posted on May 10, 2006 14:16

Anonymous:

The NDP will never come to power, when they continue to take weird positions on issues.

No to Nato. No to Norad. No to Afgahnistan. Yes to Dafur?

Once the party gets rid of its glaring contradictions, the Canadian public might talk.

Posted by Anonymous | May 10, 2006 2:39 PM

Posted on May 10, 2006 14:39

Idealistic Pragmatist:

Why, oh why do you continue to ignore electoral reform when trying to make generalizations about “electability” and suchlike?

Posted by Idealistic Pragmatist | May 10, 2006 2:52 PM

Posted on May 10, 2006 14:52