Tensions between the rights of Party members and the essentials of Parliamentary democracy can’t be smoothed away altogether. The question is how best to manage them.
We went hard on the risk of a Labour takeover and that Wirral would be a one Party state and on the Liverpool road to ruin.
All election campaigns boil down to either “safety first” or “time for a change”. So if he isn’t meeting his five pledges, Sunak must give voters a reason to fear taking a chance on Labour.
CCHQ says no, others claim yes. Either way, that Goodwin might make her claim was foreseeable, and one needs little imagination to picture the consequence.
If this is the case for Conservative MPs, it is all the more important for their leader. Rishi Sunak should walk through the lobbies today and back the Committee.
Do not confuse the quietude on the part of Matthew Parker Street for anything more than the usual calm between election periods.
Last night, CCHQ released the next batch of seats to which those on the List can apply. The deadline for paper applications is 12th June.
The Government’s failure to do anything about London’s housing crisis means the capital is now starting to export voters into its wide commuter belt.
Local associations want to be able to select parliamentary candidates as early as possible. I completely agree. Therefore, I am delighted to announce that the first tranche of constituencies is being advertised today.
He went down via a vote of 9-12 – with 6 of the latter thought to have come from councillors from wards added by boundary changes.
CCHQ insists that “there is no chicken run” and that a Party panel has approved the procedure. But what will other Conservative MPs and Tory activists make of it?
We understand that CCHQ plans to have one selection per region in this first round.
It is naturally in Matthew Parker Street’s interests to flood Tory timelines with evidence that most re-selections are going off without a hitch.
This looks to be the latest installment in a contest ConservativeHome has long covered: the endless tug-of-war between constituency associations and CCHQ over the ins and outs of candidate selection.
The Board has agreed to re-establish the Constitutional Review Committee to ensure we are continually looking for opportunities to cut bureaucracy and improve the way we campaign and grow our party.