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Here’s a peek behind the scenes into the weird and wonderful machinations of backroom Alberta politics.

NDP cabinet ministers have been trying to woo Progressive Conservative MLA Richard Starke over to their side of the legislative assembly. Starke, however, has politely declined their governmental flowers and chocolates.

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It’s actually a bit of a giggle when you hear Starke tell the story.

“I’ve been approached by two cabinet ministers asking me to consider joining the NDP, including one who indicated that they have polling that indicates that I would be a successful candidate running in this constituency for the NDP,” said Starke who is the MLA for Vermilion-Lloydminster, a riding that has voted solidly PC since being formed in 1993. “I told that minister that they should fire their pollster because that’s just ludicrous.”

Here’s something else about this story that might strikes you as ludicrous — Starke calls himself a “Progressive Conservative” MLA.