Suspend women-only shortlist for would-be Labour MP
I did call for the selection to be suspended, as it has been in Falkirk, so the murky waters created by Unite’s shenanigans can be cleared up.
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Hide AdThose questions also extend to the acceptance by Burnley Labour of an all-women shortlist, last seen in Burnley when they were picking Kitty Ussher. Julie Cooper herself opposed a women-only selection in 2009 when she said “I think this decision (to have an all women shortlist) was being seen as a weakness in the town and people weren’t happy about it.”
Hwyel Morgan
Liberal Democrat agent at the 2010 General Election