[Malcolm Armsteen]

Oh fuck me, it's the 'local MPs for local people' argument again - narrow minded tossbags.

[Tubby Isaacs]

This stuff could very easily snowball, especially in a high-pressure by-election. Local door knockers are important when there's a low turnout- where do the wider members stand on what the committee have done?

[Malcolm Armsteen]

More to the point - what were the weaknesses and faults of the rejected candidates?

[Andy McDandy]

Luciana Berger was parachuted into Liverpool Wavertree, but wasn't a bad MP, got things done. Local Paula Barker has been pretty much anonymous.

[The Weeping Angel]

More to the point - what were the weaknesses and faults of the rejected candidates?

Well here's one of the rejected candidates.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ ... 72bff599e3

In one deleted post from July 2018, Hemingway said adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism would be a “disastrous move”.

In another post, Hemingway called for Corbyn to be reinstated as a party member after he was suspended over his response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.

[Tubby Isaacs]

That shouldn't be disqualifying, but it's the sort of thing that gets away from you in a by-election.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

That shouldn't be disqualifying,

Yes it should.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Why? See there are alternative definitions like the Jerusalem Declaration, which is supported by people who aren't just trying to get Chris Williamson off.

[Youngian]

Oh fuck me, it's the 'local MPs for local people' argument again - narrow minded tossbags.

Local politics isn’t short of people embittered by not having their genius recognised. What sort of hissy hacks resign ahead of a nationally crucial by-election? Good riddance.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Big bust up at the selection vote too. Simon Lightwood has been chosen, who used to work for Mary Creagh, MP for Wakefield till 2019.

Don't know anything about him, but after the way the Jez wing dicked about over the minimum wage at the conference, I don't want too many more of them as MPs.