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Originally Posted by jaysay
I have never known the Tory Party in Hyndburn release a parliamentary short list to the press or anybody else for that matter, why should we its party business, end of
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No one is saying otherwise. It's up to your members to fight it out with your national party, to decide who makes it to the short-list.
Though I'm sure the the electorate are all waiting with bated breath, when you eventually agree on your short-list, and the successful candidate can be announced.
'Clayton-le-Moors councillor Janet Storey has been accepted as an approved candidate for the party overall, but is unable to apply for Hyndburn until the process here is opened.'
Delays over Hyndburn Conservatives candidate selection (From Lancashire Telegraph)
I'm sure the approved candidate is chomping at the bit, for the arguments to cease, so the process of canvassing can begin.
This lack of unity is a worry for us, the ordinary Joe Blogs, who are to decide who we want to represent us in Hyndburn.
If I was a member of the local Conservative party I'd be absolutely fuming, when the best chance of a win for years, is being hampered by apparent in-fighting, the local Conservatives versus the national party, and the successful candidate is unable to be out canvassing the people of the constituency, at what could be a very crucial time.