[lordmandeep]

Martin started to alienate a lot of fiscal conservatives when the Tories were acting like Mike Harris types.

However we have seen that the Tories have become as big spenders as any liberals.

 

[King of Kensington]

There's no left/right difference in any industrialized country when it comes to "big spender" vs. "fiscally responsible" - the difference is spending priorities. If anything small-"c" conservatives have been the worst, and the most hypocritical to boot.