Helen Holt has pulled out out of the contest for the Sherwood constituency in Nottinghamshire , claiming that the selection process has been skewed in favour of the fiancée of a close aide Brown.
Telling The Times that she believes she has been the victim of dirty tricks by supporters of Emilie Oldknow, girlfriend to Brown’s political secretary.
“I feel I have been totally stitched up. My face does not fit. I believe I am being used in a process that from the outside looks fair but is a way of parachuting a candidate into the position because she has family links to Gordon Brown,” she said.
Of course, it couldn't happen here.
The very idea that a Labour selection process in Liverpool could be rigged to favour a young woman because she has links with a Labour leader is, well, completely unthinkable.
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Labour members'll be doffing their (designer) caps in Liverpool soon. Thank 'ee very much ma'am. much obliged I'm sure !
what about the Colin Firth deselection by the Fib Dems in Old Swan last year because his face didn't fit?
Colin Firth wasn't deselected, he just decided to concentrate on his film career.
As far as I know, his replacement didn't have any family connections with the current or previous leader.
If we are going to bring up every case of Labour councillors over the years that haven't been reselected, then I will be starting a very long list.
Another one of Luciana's lovies jumps in with both feet, as they try and throw in snippets of information they have heard to try and present themselves as knowing what's going on in Liverpool.
Don't rib them too much for their Freudian slip, after all Colin Firth is regarded as something of a heart throb down south.
Big bust ups reported as loyalties are being tested in Kensington.. in all fairness Wendy deserved to be backed by the MP and her lack Baldock, however they must have thought different.
The race for the seat is getting tasty.
Well the Labour selection is a sideshow really isn't it ? We all know that Colin Eldridge is going to be the next MP - it's just a question of how big his majority is going to be.
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