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Originally Posted by claytonender
The only people who need to know (and have the right to the information) who are on the shortlist are the members of Hyndburn Constituency Labour Party.
Whilst it is perfectly allowable for the rest of the population of Hyndburn to speculate and discuss the merits of who the person that is chosen as the PPC for the Labour Party. They do not have any 'god given' right to the information.
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It's not about having a 'right' to the information. It's about an open transparent democracy rather than keeping information from people because they've not coughed up the membership fee.
I can't vote in council. The only coercive role I can play is voting for two councillors in my ward. If a similar argument was used I wouldn't be entitled to know what happens in council. As a non-voting member I wouldn't 'have the right to the information'.
Anyway by the end of tonight we should know who will be representing Labour at the next election between a choice of George, Claire and Graham.