Latest from Graham Thomson
Opinion
Cue the scary music: It's Alberta attack ad season for UCP and NDP
Notley ads say we can't afford Smith's party. UCP says we can't afford NDP. Luckily, each team can afford plenty of ads saying this.
Opinion
Danielle Smith: How does a divisive candidate become a unifying premier in Alberta?
From political pariah to premier — Danielle Smith's political comeback is one for the ages.
Opinion
UCP leadership candidates choose their targets — and dance partners — in final debate
The final public forum in Alberta's United Conservative Party’s leadership race Tuesday evening was less of a debate and more of a dance competition.
Opinion
Danielle Smith launches charm offensive in the Alberta United Conservative Party leadership race
After weeks of heated rhetoric in the United Conservative Party leadership race, the perceived front runner, Danielle Smith, is trying to cool things down by embarking on a charm offensive.
Opinion
Let's take a look at the currents swirling inside the UCP leadership race
There might be seven people on the track, but UCP leadership hopeful Danielle Smith seems to be the only one with a steering wheel — and she's leading everybody in circles with no off ramp.
Opinion
Think you know who'll replace Jason Kenney? Think again
Who will win the UCP leadership? Who is the front-runner? The two questions might sound like the same thing but they are vastly different, writes Graham Thomson.
Opinion
Jason Kenney's capitulation as UCP leader is a catalyst for more chaos in Alberta politics
Premier Jason Kenney insisted for months he’d be satisfied with getting the most simple of majorities of 50 per cent of the vote plus one ballot in the leadership review. But, after receiving a paltry 51.4 per cent of the vote, he decided to step down as leader. It now means that Alberta is set to have its sixth premier in 10 years.
Opinion
What will Jason Kenney's outspoken UCP caucus mutineers do should he win the leadership vote?
May 18 is supposed to be the day when the fighting over Premier Jason Kenney's leadership stops. That's the day we will know whether Kenney has survived the United Conservative Party's leadership vote.
Opinion
Stranger than fiction: Alberta politics has entered the realm of absurd melodrama
Alberta politics needs a new dictionary, or maybe a thesaurus — a source for words to better describe the province’s political landscape that is beginning to resemble a badly written soap opera.
Opinion
Brian Jean's byelection win sets the stage for showdown with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney
Brian Jean who won’t be sworn in as an MLA until April 5 and thus will be unable to be a thorn in Jason Kenney’s UCP caucus for another three weeks. But they’ll be battling behind the scenes by proxy if not actually in the streets.