[Baalzamon]

by "Viable alternative" I mean an alternative that will actually attract enough of a vote to make it possible to elect them under normal circumstances.

I dont like conservatives either, but its nice to have a party that stands a chance of getting a term once in a while without needing the liberals to completely self destruct first.

When a government gets too old it needs to be removed for a few years. Even if the people dont agree with the alternative 100% they will use that alternative to allow this to happen, so long as the alternative is at least palatable for a term or so.

As it stands the liberals basically have to screw up to the point of self destruction to lose.

Instead of doing good to win this government just has to not piss people off too much to stay in power. That is bad for the country. There is no competition so what motivates them really?

as long as they can avoid wasting too much money and not try and do anything controversial, effective or exciting, they can sit there and maintain their bland status quo indefinitely.