The Tories have been patting themselves on the back all week about selecting a black woman, Helen Grant, to succeed Ann Widdecombe at Maidstone & The Weald. It transpires that Ms Grant tried only two years ago to have herself selected as a New Labour local council candidate, and was warmly commended but for the fact that she was trying to do so illegally by pretending to live at her business address in order to increase her chance of success at the polls.
None of this will come as the slightest surprise to regular readers of this blog. Is there any Cameroon protégé, at least outside the present House of Commons, who is not a New Labour member of impeccable Blairite connections? And is there any New Labour member of impeccable Blairite connections, at least outside the present House of Commons, who is not a Cameroon protégé being lined up for a safe “Tory” seat?
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