Patrick Brown won the PC party leadership by flooding the vote with huge numbers of social conservative insta-Torys from the evangelical churches, brought in by "Doctor" Charles McVety, and his contacts in the south Asian community.

Since sucking in these gormless so-cons by telling them he was one of them (anti-abortion, against gay marriage, against the provinces new sex education curriculum) he has "pivoted" to a more "progressive" stance, trying to move the PCs into the middle of the political spectrum, from which governments in Ontario are usually elected.

His ridiculous flip-flop on the  sex-ed letter to constituents in the recent Scarboro bi-election exposed, him to his erstwhile so-con allies, as the crass and disloyal opportunist that the "Progressive" wing has always known him to be.

This leaves Mr. Brown twisting in the wind, with both wings of the party furious with him.

He's making Tim Hudak look like a brilliant tactician and the Liberals optimistic.