The feckless experiment with Ford and the downright brainless election of Trump has shown populist conservatism to be a political philosophy akin to the Emperor's fresh wardrobe.

I think Doug is in for a truly unpleasant surprise in the Toronto microcosm, and it will be playing to a much larger audience should Trump and the GOP be foolish enough to try for an encore performance in 2020.

I am hopeful that the next crop of wannabes has learned from the snake oil experience -- and that goes for the left as well as the right.  

Get a credible policy, not a kneejerk reaction.