Wendel: One fundamental truism of Canadian politics is that people don't pay attention to politics until an election campaign. My hope is that people will turn from supporting the Tories once they do start paying attention.

Some initial thoughts on the UK elections. 1. It confirms once again that when a center-right party veers to the hard right to weaken the far right, it ends up doing the opposite. After purging moderates and going full-on wingnuts and fever swamp, the Tories got decimated by Reform, not Labour. 🧵

I'm worried that Canada may be bucking this trend. The opposition Tories have veered in this direction, ate the lunch of the far-right's 'People's Party of Canada' and are surging. Perhaps this is all due to a deeply unpopular incumbent, but the result is worrisome.

One fundamental truism of Canadian politics is that people don't pay attention to politics until an election campaign. My hope is that people will turn from supporting the Tories once they do start paying attention.

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