Thread by @BarbLarochelle

I keep thinking about how, after Kenney became UCP leader and got his seat, he pontificated about ‘getting beyond some of the high school-level name calling that's come to characterize our politics recently’ and how he wanted ‘to strike a more stately tone’ in the #ableg 1/5

He wanted, he said, to ‘raise the bar of decorum’. I watched a few minutes of today’s afternoon session and the snide, juvenile, disrespectful, arrogant, and tediously inappropriate rants, diatribes and performances of UCP were an absolute disgrace. Kenney led the way 2/5

They will not answer questions. They act like it is an affront for anyone to want to know more about how they are spending our money, how they will pay for things they have promised, what their plans are for us, etc. You know—their job. 3/5

And so ANY question they are asked they either ineptly read prepared talking points off a paper, pivot to insulting Trudeau, or Edmonton socialists or whoever else, play the victim, mansplain, or enumerate ways in which nothing is their fault. When they aren’t flat out lying. 4/5

I can see the exasperation of the opposition members, who are trying to have important, adult discussions about things that affect all of us with whiny, petulant babies. All Albertans deserve better than this. UCP fails utterly at decorum & fails even more at doing their job. 5/5