@AnthonyFStevens@Theriac@CloudyMrs@soren They have to be part of the discussion. I have no love or trust in the IFS but you can see the data. Labour leadership seem far more enthusiastic than me.
@AnthonyFStevens@Theriac@CloudyMrs@soren Know your enemy. If you don’t know what assumptions they are using and the data they cultivate you won't have a good argument.
Final candidate selections aren't due until the first week of June, hence several Tories not standing for the upcoming election, & the mad scramble to find alternative candidates...
I've no idea how this has come about, & it's a bit suspect that there's no direct quotes from #Labour about this.
I suppose it'd be preferable to have a locally born candidate standing, however it's quite commonplace in England that high profile MPs are parachuted into self seats.
Question: Should all #Scottish born MPs be banned from representing #English constituencies?
@AnthonyFStevens@Wen@Theriac@soren who ever mentioned "locally born?" Certainly not me. Trust me Caithness is never going to be a safe Labour seat. The London lassy is a place keeper. Her purpose is to be a name on the ballot. Caithness has never to my knowledge ever voted Labour and nothing indicates its intention to change that this time.