Display: Sort:
Tamsin Dunwoody selected for Crewe and Nantwich | 21 comments (21 topical)

Re: Tamsin Dunwoody selected for Crewe and Nant (#7)

by Group51 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 03:19:50 PM GMT

"No AWS yet woman candidate."

Shouldn't you be worrying about familial oligarchy?  I hope she was chosen because she was competent and independently minded.  Not sure she'll win if she's a careerist loyalist.  I mean, she has something to prove here.


[ Parent ]

Re: Tamsin Dunwoody selected for Crewe and Nant (#9)

by ChrisPaul on Sun May 04, 2008 at 03:24:55 PM GMT

Please see my blog Group 51. Of course the family connection is interesting. Oligarchy however is completely the wrong word. Dynasty you were looking for perhaps?

I believe this candidate is highly competent and suitable and also that the electorate will agree with that assessment which must also be that of the C&N Party. 

We need to make this work. If you are a Labour supporter then you will understand that. If not then you should perhaps identify yourself as a troll and tell us your affiliation. 


[ Parent ]

Re: Tamsin Dunwoody selected for Crewe and Nant (#10)

by Group51 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:32:47 PM GMT

Dynasty implies nepotism, which isn't what I meant.  But I think you understood what I meant anyway.


[ Parent ]

Re: Tamsin Dunwoody selected for Crewe and Nant (#11)

by swatantra on Sun May 04, 2008 at 05:38:32 PM GMT

I'd also have concerns about keeping it in the family, but in these exceptional times, its a seat that Labour must hold, and I'm sure that the Dunwoody name will bring in a couple of hundred extra loyalty votes that could make all the difference.


[ Parent ]

Re: Tamsin Dunwoody selected for Crewe and Nant (#20)

by BritishAsian on Wed May 07, 2008 at 11:58:50 AM GMT

This sends a bad signal I think. I didn't vote Labour to have the hereditaries removed from the House of Lords only to see the hereditary principle applied instead to the House of Commons. Weak tactical thinking. By all means let Tamsin apply for a seat but not this one.


[ Parent ]

Re: Tamsin Dunwoody selected for Crewe and Nant (#21)

by alexhilton on Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:22:01 PM GMT

It's not a hereditary principle. Tamsin's an experienced politician in her own right with a local connection. Local Labour Party members selected her from a strong shortlist. Why should she be excluded on the basis of her parentage?


[ Parent ]

Re: Tamsin Dunwoody selected for Crewe and Nant (#22)

by BritishAsian on Wed May 07, 2008 at 03:23:23 PM GMT

Because it looks like she got in because she was family whereas if she is a strong candidate (and I have no reason to think she is not) then she could as easily have got in somewhere else where this accusation could not have been levelled.

It is hard to see how genuinely local she can be given that she has been a MWP.  

As to why should she be excluded on the basis of her parentage, well, how does that sit with reducing the number of middle class children at university because of their parentage? I have worked hard for 40 years to live in a nice area but it seems this may count against my children.  

Cannot afford to offer this sort of easy debating point / own goal to the other side. Luckily it looks like Conservatives will make the same mistake for themselves with Johnson's Henley constituency.


[ Parent ]

Tamsin Dunwoody selected for Crewe and Nantwich | 21 comments (21 topical)
Display: Sort: