Will Trudeau announce his departure before the October 28 deadline some members of his causus has given him?

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@npilon @alchemistsstudio Because they presented an alternative to both.

Step 1 through 5 were:

”The New Popular Front (French: Nouveau Front populaire [nuvo fʁɔ̃ pɔpylɛːʁ], NFP) is a broad left-wing electoral alliance in France.[b] It was launched on 10 June 2024 to contest the 2024 French legislative election following the gains of far-right parties in the 2024 European Parliament election in France. The Front stood in opposition to both Ensemble, the presidential camp of Emmanuel Macron, as well as the far-right National Rally.”

Step 6-10 was a mobilization of organized labour... which Macron has consistently and deeply alienated througout his *and his party’s* tenure, which should sound familiar….

New Popular Front - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@npilon @alchemistsstudio In the second round *some* candidates from Macron's party were withdrawn if they had finished third, but there was no real agreement to do so, and the NPF actually removed more of their own candidates (130 vs 80) who had finished third or worse in order to ensure the far right lost.

Bottom line, had the NPF, a *left wing alliance* not been created, none of that would have been possible. Macron benefited only because his own party was not completely wiped from the board, and because he himself was not up for re-election. He will not be President for another term, that much is clear. Again, I would not use Macron or his political back stabbing as an example to follow for the Liberal Party of Canada.

[npilon@cosocial.ca]

@chris @alchemistsstudio The "left wing alliance" you're talking up is just how left-wing politics is organized in France; it's not at all remarkable, though it did manage to pull itself back from the brink of dissolving due to infighting.

You're also ignoring that Attal, the outgoing Macronist Prime Minister, was organizing ENS withdrawls in the second round, over Macron's own personal objections. And even when candidates did not withdraw, he encouraged voters to coalesce behind the leader.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@npilon @alchemistsstudio there is plenty that is very different in France than here in Canada. The first and foremost is our system of Parliament. Getting back to the original point I was responding to before going down the rabbit hole, which was a wish that the Liberals and NDP would create a pact to block the CPC. I would love for that to happen... but the problem, again, is Trudeau. He is just as unpopular to folks who would vote NDP or Green as he is with the CPC and the right.

In order for any cooperation between the NDP, Liberals, Bloc and Green to be even possible, he has to go. That much should be obvious.

[npilon@cosocial.ca]

@chris @alchemistsstudio Eh I think there's an alternative option, and it's to go full pro wrestling. Trudeau goes into the next election in full heel mode, and intentionally jobs for Singh. Similar vote consolidation benefits, *much* less risk of rejection / non-participation from anti-Liberal negatively polarized NDP voters.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@npilon @alchemistsstudio I think that might have been an option 6 months ago. We're too far down the road. The drum is beating. He'll be gone before the New Year. If he doesn't go, it'll be a CPC majority.