Appeared in the North Shore News – July 19, 2013 MY spectacular streak of correctly predicting B.C. election results having been snapped at one, what excuses do I have? First, I overlooked that Premier Christy Clark was running not in Metro Vancouver under cynical media eyes, but to get a legislature seat in a bleak…
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Minister Sultan part of election victory
Appeared in the North Shore News – June 7, 2013 I predict backwards as well as forwards. So stand by for a prophecy for the past. I predict that Ralph Sultan played a much bigger role in the B.C. Liberals’ election victory May 14 than he’s been given credit for. And this is not just…
Media sheep never ventured from the pond
Appeared in the North Shore News – May 24, 2013 It appears to be impossible to avoid attending inquest after inquest into the Great 2013 British Columbia Election. But of course I continue to disagree with the so-called experts. Because, though they have tried to regain their shaken composure from their exploded prognostications with artful…
Christy Clark’s victorious drive up Main Street, B.C.
Appeared in Business in Vancouver – May 21, 2013 On May 14, in plain sight of millions of witnesses, Christy Clark drove through a stoplight. The symbolic stoplight of her political career. The red light that was supposed to stop dead Clark’s bouncy, smiley-face premiership, mirroring her real-life drive through a light at 5:15 a.m….
Marx, Wilde and Forster unite: A historical dream team for B.C. government
Appeared in Business in Vancouver – May 10, 2013 I tried to assemble an all-time dream team of distinguished candidates for the May 14 election – excluding actual politicians such as Commie-slayers Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Not easy. I considered Plato. Too obvious. Also he predicted democracy would lead to chaos, followed by dictatorship….
Cummins’ leadership hurt by departures
Appeared in the North Shore News – September 28, 2012 YOU read it here second: Liberal Premier Christy Clark will still be premier when she wakes up on May 15, 2013 – the day after the provincial election. I say “second” because I first published what many will say is a laughable prediction in another…