A few threads from Conservative sources we reported tonight on @GlobalNational about the brewing Conservative civil war, questions about @AndrewScheer's leadership, @LeonaAlleslev as Deputy Leader and Canada Proud/Conservative Victory (THREAD) #cdnpoli #CPC
@GlobalNational @AndrewScheer @LeonaAlleslev Conservative sources frustrated by Alleslev's role say they like Alleslev but feel her appointment highlights Scheer's failure to bring leadership competitors into the tent to become allies (say he has done little on this front since being elected leader) #cdnpoli #CPC
@GlobalNational @AndrewScheer @LeonaAlleslev Caucus sources tell @globalnews they felt Scheer's team tried to intimidate MPs in the big election postmortem meeting, changing a vote about whether MPs should have the power to force a leadership review from secret ballot to the caucus chair to open roll call #cdnpoli #CPC
@GlobalNational @AndrewScheer @LeonaAlleslev @globalnews Multiple Conservative sources say they don't think Scheer is getting the message about social conservatism being an issue and that socons are a powerful force in the post election structure of the OLO #cdnpoli #CPC
@GlobalNational @AndrewScheer @LeonaAlleslev @globalnews One key member of Scheers team: @chriswarkentin who I am told has unusual influence for an MP in the OLO and is raising hackles of some of the progressives in the party. Warkentin has been a close ally of Scheer's #cdnpoli #CPC
@GlobalNational @AndrewScheer @LeonaAlleslev @globalnews @chriswarkentin Some CoPC sources say they worry the continued influence of MPs who they identify as socially conservative with the leader will render the party unable to win again in the next election and re-enforce Scheer's inability to deal with those issues in the election weren't a big deal
@GlobalNational @AndrewScheer @LeonaAlleslev @globalnews @chriswarkentin Also hearing some MPs feel there has been a crackdown on their ability to discuss certain issues that could be regarded as social conservative issues in public #cdnpoli #CPC
@GlobalNational @AndrewScheer @LeonaAlleslev @globalnews @chriswarkentin Conservative sources say in Quebec Scheer is in major trouble and that recent meetings there with candidates from the 2019 election went very badly. Many want Scheer gone as leader, some demanding it happen before Christmas #cdnpoli #CPC
@GlobalNational @AndrewScheer @LeonaAlleslev @globalnews @chriswarkentin When it comes to Conservative Victory - mixed reactions. Some say anything to pressure Scheer out, others are worried it will be open season for a party civil war and hand the Liberals ammunition #cdnpoli #CPC
@GlobalNational @AndrewScheer @LeonaAlleslev @globalnews @chriswarkentin One thing I keep hearing over and over - a call for Stephen Harper to say something in private or public to restore order. Much nostalgia for then hated-by-many-caucus-members discipline he imposed. #cdnpoli #CPC
@GlobalNational @AndrewScheer @LeonaAlleslev @globalnews @chriswarkentin And from the pro-Scheer camp many allegations that the Conservative Victory crowd are dissatisfied Doug Ford backroom supporters and that this is all part of the Ford-Scheer discord that has been brewing since the Ontario election #cdnpoli #CPC
