Democracy does not seem to be alive and well in some parts of the Conservative Party. Conservative Home reports Dudley North Conservative Association has been forced to abandon its search for a PPC because it did not have a 50:50 male/female short list. Not that Dudley North Tories are trying to stick two-fingers up to the leadership. Not at all. They had to sift through 44 applications for the nomination. There were 36 male applicants and 8 female. Selecting 6 women was thought to be unfair on the 36 male applicants. I agree, so what they did was use their common sense, something which is seriously lacking in Britain today. They selected the 12 best candidates, so, 9 were men and 3 were women. Now the nomination is going to be re advertised.
If this is the way CCHQ are going to behave, it does not bode well for the future.
3 comments:
Sorry, didn't the High Court rule that using sexual discrimination in choosing PPC's was illegal?
Right on, Wonko. This stinks, it really does. Sorry to be apoplectic over PC, Andrew but I am.
I agree with both of you. It really shows how interested CCHQ is in direct democracy too. The whole thing really does stink.
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