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B.C. United Leader Kevin Falcon says the provincial Conservatives have rejected a deal to avoid vote-splitting in the fall provincial election.

He says talks between the two right-of-centre parties concluded with B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad rejecting a proposed "non-competition" agreement.

Falcon says Rustad has "placed his own ambition" above B.C.'s interests and is risking the re-election of the governing NDP.

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[–] LimpRimble@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

Updated story:

Rustad also released a statement Friday in which he attacked Falcon and quashed any possibility of a merger, saying Falcon definitively rejected the idea late last year.

"Kevin Falcon declined our offers in December 2023 to discuss a possible merger — with a single message stating, and I quote, 'F--k Off'," Rustad said in the statement.

[–] villasv 3 points 5 months ago

Falcon and Rustard hating each other is the best thing that ever happened in BC Politics

[–] uzi@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

The Untied can't kick people out of the party, let those people go to Conservtives, Conservitive poll numbers go up and up, and then United want join Conservitives.

United have nothing to offer Conservatives if Conservitives under Rustad are patient enough. Falcon is in a rush for power and is trying line up with Rustad before United become irrelevent and forgotten.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 5 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


B.C.

United Leader Kevin Falcon says the provincial Conservatives have rejected a deal to avoid vote-splitting in the fall provincial election.

He says talks between the two right-of-centre parties concluded with B.C.

Conservatives Leader John Rustad rejecting a proposed "non-competition" agreement.

Falcon says Rustad has "placed his own ambition" above B.C.

's interests and is risking the re-election of the governing NDP.


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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Maybe the NDP will survive this vote despite absolutely nullifying the surrey muni vote through autocratic dictation.