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Alberta’s politics are carved in stone right now. It seems that the UCP dynasty, like the Sphinx, won’t begin to erode for a couple of millennia.

That’s the prevailing thought, especially among conservatives. They earnestly believe that with a stark right-left choice the NDP will now start to fade and lose most of its 25 seats in the next election.

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Then we’d go back to the conservative heyday when the old PC party captured almost all the seats in the legislature.

In the great walkover of 1982, for instance, the count was PC, 75; NDP, 2; Independent, 2.

That is possible, of course. In Alberta, almost anything is. The UCP could very well rule for many terms.

But Opposition Leader Rachel Notley shows no desire to fold the tent.

She correctly says, with a rare hint of immodesty, that as a former premier she is probably the best-known Alberta opposition leader ever.

She also notes that her party won more votes in losing the 2019 election (619,149) than it did winning the 2015 election (604,518).