Episode Details

Sometimes a whole week of politics happens in a day and sometimes that day is the day after we record. Anyway, here's our thoughts from Thursday night before three more Conservatives MLAs were dumped on the street and Peter Milobar inherited CentreBC.

Election speculation runs rampant, Conservatives spy on themselves, Mark Carney flirts with Europe and investors.

Links

• BC’s Political Orphans: Unhappy with NDP, wary of alternatives, half say they have no party to gladly support - Angus Reid Institute Canada 
• BC Conservative Support Scatters Under Kerry-Lynne Findlay | Ipsos 
• David Eby taps campaign manager as election speculation grows | CBC News 
• Stewart Prest thread
• B.C. Conservatives hire private investigator to investigate CHEK’s Rob Shaw along with current, former MLAs
• Ex-B.C. Conservative MLAs and party president say a private investigator was hired to look into them | CBC News 
• At least 2 Con MLAs ask KLF to resign at caucus meeting Wed https://x.com/RobShaw_BC/status/2100481742163644610
• The B.C. Conservatives must win. Here’s how. - Claire Ratée
• BC Conservatives Are Not Far-Right, Findlay Says as Party Friction Continues | The Tyee 
• Milobar's new party gains seventh B.C. legislator as Donegal Wilson joins
• Will Milobar do a deal with CentreBC to avoid vote split/beat registration rules https://x.com/RobShaw_BC/status/2100428728577020416 

Canada

• Prime Minister Carney delivers an address to the European Parliament
• Canada in talks to join EU's Erasmus+ exchanges programme | Euronews 
• @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu on Bluesky