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Jack Layton | wRanter.com http://www.wranter.com Gentle and not-so-gentle thoughts and musings from an inner-suburban, recovering perfectionist, husband, dad, basketball fan, writer and editor with a few opinions Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:11:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.wranter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1.png?fit=32%2C32 Jack Layton | wRanter.com http://www.wranter.com 32 32 29025677 Free advice for the federal Liberal party http://www.wranter.com/2012/06/13/free-advice-for-the-federal-liberal-party/ http://www.wranter.com/2012/06/13/free-advice-for-the-federal-liberal-party/#respond Thu, 14 Jun 2012 03:59:31 +0000 http://www.wranter.com/?p=248 Well, well, well: it appears that Bob Rae has decided not to run for the federal Liberal leadership after all, despite rampant speculation over the past year that he would if the party let him. This has to be a relief for people who’d like to see Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative wrecking […]

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]]> http://www.wranter.com/2012/06/13/free-advice-for-the-federal-liberal-party/feed/ 0 248 Why Thomas Mulcair gets it when it comes to Israel http://www.wranter.com/2012/03/27/why-thomas-mulcair-gets-it-when-it-comes-to-israel/ http://www.wranter.com/2012/03/27/why-thomas-mulcair-gets-it-when-it-comes-to-israel/#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:08:43 +0000 http://www.wranter.com/?p=995 Not surprisingly, Thomas Mulcair won the NDP leadership last month, replacing Saint Jack Layton as the man social democrats hope can rally left-of-centre voters to defeat Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives. Here’s hoping he’s successful, but as I argued in an earlier post, it seems unlikely that he will be, because the left is as divided […]

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]]> http://www.wranter.com/2012/03/27/why-thomas-mulcair-gets-it-when-it-comes-to-israel/feed/ 0 995 Even with a new leader, the NDP can’t defeat the Tories alone http://www.wranter.com/2012/03/20/even-with-a-new-leader-the-ndp-cant-defeat-the-tories-alone/ http://www.wranter.com/2012/03/20/even-with-a-new-leader-the-ndp-cant-defeat-the-tories-alone/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:34:03 +0000 http://www.wranter.com/?p=847 I just can’t get excited about the NDP leadership race, which ends March 24 in Toronto, because irrespective of who wins, it’s hard to see it leading to a positive outcome for progressive politics in this country. Will Thomas Mulcair, the party outsider who reportedly flirted with the Tories prior to joining the NDP, win? Or […]

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