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Bob Plamondon’s lucky break

Montreal’s The Gazette engages in a little Kremlinology over rumours of Conservative Party feuding over Brian Mulroney. How did these rumours get leaked? Writer L. Ian MacDonald suggests that author Bob Plamondon did it,

as a clever ploy to promote his new book, Blue Thunder, on Conservative leaders from Macdonald to Harper. The book was launched last night, appropriately enough at an Ottawa pub named for Sir John A., who was known to take the occasional libation.

The story of the Harper-Mulroney rift was perfectly timed for the launch of the book. What better way to draw attention to it than highlighting a split between the Harper and Mulroney camps, between the Reform and Progressive Conservative wings of the Tory party?

MacDonald’s tongue must be at least partly wedged into his cheek, but there’s no denying that for Blue Thunder, the timing of all this is fortuitous. The Gazette piece isn’t the only one to use the current Tory turmoil as a peg for talking about Plamondon’s book.

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