published Sept. 25/08: Bill Murdoch is kicked out of Conservative Party.

Was he kicked or did he jump? I think it was a bit of both. Clearly both sides have apparently grown tired of one another... and I suppose this will just perpetuate Bill's image as... dare I say it... a "maverick".... seems like that term has gotten a little out of hand in the election to the south of our border. (As the democrats have argued down there: If you vote along Party lines most of the time.... or just don't show up to vote one way or the other does this really make you a maverick?) Maybe they need to come up with another, more accurate catch phrase to describe the attitude of "I just couldn't be bothered." The other bit that's fascinating about this story is how little Tories in both the provincial and federal parties are allowed to think or speak for themselves. Both Stephen Harper and John Tory seem to really apply the clamps. They would have made great feudal lords..... I thought we had a democracy and free speech.