When the NDP abandoned its socialist principles, it abandoned its chance of winning

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Many New Democrats were shocked and dismayed at the outcome of Monday's federal election, despite their relief that Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party government were gone at last. Long-time NDP activist and freelance Alberta journalist Mimi Williams explains in this Alberta Diary guest post why she believes the NDP's own campaign decisions were the principal reason for this unhappy turn of events. DJC