Canada

It really does explain a lot. Flanagan sounds like Canada's mini-me version of Dick Cheney. But his story has ended quite differently. From a 2014 article:


Today, Mr. Flanagan writes, “I have to accept my share of blame” for the ruthlessness that characterizes the party. Originally, Conservatives like him thought it was the only way to beat the Liberals at their own game.

“Harper led the way, but everyone around him bought into it,” he says. In part, that ruthlessness reflects what he calls the “shadow side” of Mr. Harper’s personality. But it is also “a cancer eating at the whole Conservative movement in Canada.”

That is an extraordinary indictment of the party Mr. Flanagan helped to create. And it feels prophetic.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-tom-flanagan-went-from-respected-political-activist-to-pariah/article18232689/?page=all