The UCP is cooked if separatists take control.

Well aware of the threat, Premier Danielle Smith’s forces are quietly acting against UCP rebels who want to kick her out of office.

It’s happening in battles for riding nominations as well as party board elections at the UCP convention Nov. 27 to 29.

This is heating up fast. Smith simply can’t allow her party to be taken over by separatists who reject her key policy, Sovereignty within a United Canada.

If separatist leaders such as Jeffrey Rath and Mitch Sylvestre get to hand-pick her MLAs and board members, that’s it for the party Jason Kenney built.

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These leaders urge separatists to join the UCP en masse and force a leadership vote at the annual convention, set for November in Calgary.

They want riding associations — at least 22 — to approve a demand for a special meeting.

They’re also pushing for nomination of separatists in ridings, hoping........

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