It’s not just Canadians who are losing faith in the Prime Minister. His own Liberal Party, including ministers, MPs and top staff, appears to be turning its back on him, too
Oct. 22, 1844, was known as the Great Disappointment to followers of William Miller , an American preacher who promised the second coming of Jesus Christ would come on that day. When Jesus did not end up making his earthly return, Miller ites, as they came to be known, were bitterly dismayed, and many immediately left the flock. Some broke off to form their own Adventist groups with separate beliefs about Christ ’s return, but Miller ism itself was over .
The summer was supposed to provide a cooling-off period: a time when Liberals could get their heads and bodies out of Ottawa, when barbecues and campfires would mask the smell of looming political death. And it did – sort of. The momentum of the push for Mr. Trudeau’s resignation immediately after the St. Paul’s disaster appeared to slow down. But the Prime Minister’s personal unpopularity did not abate.
A day later, Jeremy Broadhurst, who was supposed to steer the Liberal campaign in the next election, confirmed that he was stepping down from his post as national campaign director. In a, Mr. Broadhurst said that the party deserves “someone who can bring more energy and devotion to the job than I can at this stage of my life.” According tohowever, Mr. Broadhurst had told Mr. Trudeau in August that he was resigning, and that it was because he didn’t believe the Prime Minister could win.
A preacher without a congregation is just a guy with a big lectern. When the disciples stop listening, the movement is as good as done.
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