All-Conservative Shortlists

Peter Hitchens writes:

It is easy to see why David Cameron – or anyone – would want to exterminate the traditional male Tory MP. Who needs any more portly, shifty, braying time-servers in pinstripes, getting the taxpayer to finance their mortgages, conservatives when in opposition, liberal softies once in government?

But why would it be any better to have dozens of female management consultants, bankeresses, social workers and lawyers, clutching briefcases? All of them are bound to be dedicated to the dubious Leftist view that a woman’s place is in the office while her children do hard time in a baby farm – an idea that has done more damage to the country than almost anything except cannabis.

Here’s a non-sexist alternative idea. Don’t select MPs on the grounds of sex. Pick them on the grounds of politics. You could call it an ‘all-conservative shortlist’. The trouble is, if Mr Cameron did that, he’d end up by getting rid of himself.

Here in North-West Durham, we have succesfully selected a morally and socially conservative British and Commonwealth patriot as our Independent candidate. Admittedly, from a shortlist of one.