Mason is suckered by a throne speech that vies for the most cynical in B.C. history with Christy Clark taking a vow of chastity after spending her political life in pursuit of corporate donations.
"If there is one thing beyond doubt now, it's that politics in the province will never be the same," Gary gushes, much as he gushed about the advent of Zalm only to turn on his latest hero in a process described by the great H.L. Mencken: journos stuck in an endless process of building up a pol as the new saviour only to turn on them.
"This is a big deal," Mason writes on Clark's conversion.
The big deal is that Clark's government will fall with the vote on the throne speech and that by all contitutional precedent Christy must advise the lieutenant-governor that the Green/NDP  alliance has a plurality of seats and a 17 point margin in the popular vote and should be invited to form a new ministry.
Any recommendation for an election will yield a constitutional crisis.