Here We Go - More manipulation of the Conservative Selection process!

 Here We Go - More manipulation!

Daily Telegraph report 16 Aug 25 re selection of Conservative Parliamentary Candidates:

The source said: “We want to be in a position where people are brought in for the right reason. The plan is that previous MPs who lost their seats will be required to go through a selection process so that we’ve encouraged everyone who wants to come back to express interest and put their applications in.”

Who determines "the Right reason" and what is it?

“The reason is that there will be many ex-MPs who say, ‘Yes, I want to stand, but I don’t want to stand in my old constituency, I want to stand in a different one’. In which case they can apply and go through the selection process but they won’t automatically get a free run,” a party source familiar with the changes said.

“There is also an issue around certain well-known people wanting to come back who have never been through the current process for selection and validation of candidates because it started after they were originally selected,” they added.

How many times does it need to be said "CCHQ role is to do due diligence.   Full stop.   It should be up to the ordinary members of the Party who to select as their MP.    It should be up to the Constituency Associations when to start the selection process.   It should be up to the Associations who they invite for interview!

The Candidates Committee only has one MP on it (Bernard Jenkins) so who are these know all experts who know what is required of a Member of Parliament when they have had no experience of the job?   Previous MPs know what the job entails so why should the elite in CCHQ stop them from putting their names forward to Constituency Associations?