Here in Alberta, politicians are preparing for a provincial election. And the Wildrose Party, led by Danielle Smith, thought it would be a good idea to dress up their campaign bus. All very well and good, except see this news story for a photo and story of how they chose to do it.
It’s hard to get the mind out of the gutter when the whole thing is just compounded with the thought of those wheels resembling spinning tassels once they start rolling.
It kinda makes sense historically. They were the Conservative Party but changed the name in the 40’s to get John Bracken John Bracken - Wikipedia to join/lead the federal party.
It just sounds like when American conservatives were calling themselves “compassionate conservatives” – it does nothing but point out that regular conservatives are, uh, not all that compassionate.