HOT TAKES
Loads of ink is being spilled on last Thursday’s byelections. Let’s dig in.
Liberal losers: The Grits played challenger in all three ridings, making their chances of winning even one sleepy summer byelection an especially tough slog.
But because they’re smack dab in the middle of a leadership race, going 0-for-3 in ridings where they need to be competitive in order to claw their way out of political oblivion is especially stinging.
“Had the Liberals managed a couple of wins on Thursday night, we would be awash in media coverage about their surge in fortunes, despite those same caveats about turnout and stakes. There would be stories about [DOUG] FORD’s ominous setback and the NDP’s forever struggles in the province,” SCOTT STINSON writes in the National Post.
“That the Liberals didn’t win anything, and didn’t come particularly close to doing so, is instead evidence that whoever wins a leadership race that will not end until Nov. 21 will have a lot of work to do in improving t…
