‘Vote for our unpopular government, because the other guys will be even worse’ isn’t going to cut it for incumbents
People celebrate after the second round of the French legislative elections at Place de la Republic in Paris, on July 7.Canadian politicians watching the elections in France and Britain have seen three strategies of attack and defence on display, and three horses for politicians to ride, or to force their opponents to ride.Incumbency weighs like a millstone around the neck of every government these days, be it left, right or centre.
In an era of fury against incumbents – not always deserved, but so it goes – that’s the best the Liberal brain trust has come up with: a pitch based on incumbency.The Liberals can’t win on incumbency. And while fear is always going to part of the Liberal arsenal – and it’s perfectly reasonable to ask voters to ponder what a Conservative administration might do or might cut – it likely won’t be enough this time.
However, it can also be the incumbent’s advantage. Governments have the power to do things. That includes undoing previous doings that they didn’t do very well.. That’s the inflation whammy that socked millions of people, particularly the young, new Canadians and “the middle class and those working hard to join it.”
That means the Liberals need to steal a page from Mr. Starmer’s Labour. To have a shot, they’ve got to show Canadians that they have changed. Which means running against their own record, at least on this issue.
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