One of my BC Conservative sources has told me that after holding a private meeting with Randy White, Will McMartin, Brian Peckford and Wayne McGrath to discuss the fall-out over his leadership, John Cummins will quit next Saturday.
Apparently the items discussed were Cummins comparing himself to Jesus Christ (see here), his daughter’s vicious email (see here) and the mockery given from the media over the very lame Friends of John Cummins campaign (see here) and I guess they’ve decided Cummins is too damaged to recover.
I’m sceptical but this source has been pretty bang-on thus far so that lends a lot of credibility to it.
Stay tuned.
Update: Slightly off topic but I have just learned that the salary of Cummins and his personal hiring of two others are eating up the party’s total monthly revenue. This should be confirmed at the AGM when financials are disclosed to the members.
September 13, 2012 at 6:50 PM
I hope it is true and that the party shows better judgement in picking a new leader.
September 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM
This could be just what the BC Cons need. Rather than distracting them, this could rev up their engines and give them visibility just before an election. We need to clone Danielle Smith ASAP and send her over. Give her blond hair or something to confuse people.
September 13, 2012 at 8:43 PM
Er that is the subsequent leadership race will rev them up…
September 13, 2012 at 9:01 PM
I’ve been trying to bribe Smith to come move this way
September 14, 2012 at 2:53 AM
[...] have an in with the B.C. Conservative Party. So when he writes that party leader John Cummins will resign next week, I would certainly pay attention, through perhaps not place any bets on the matter. And when [...]
September 15, 2012 at 3:50 AM
Brian Peckford is a few months younger than Cummins, you guys should recruit him.