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Originally Posted by steeljack
so much for open democracy , its not like you are picking the next Pope ( well maybe you are  ) , seems to me if the list was open it would give the interested public a chance to lobby their Councillors with their preferances instead of some unknown "gang of 400" Stalinists knowing whats best.  |
Speaking as a Councillor (who also happens to be chair of the Hyndburn Constituency Labour Party) many members of the public have expressed their opinion to me over several months about who the Labour Party should choose to be their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate.