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  Women Only short lists are a tad out of date now for sure..it needs to change. So hopefully those on high, and I suspect womens champion Harriet Harmon may have been behind all this...well they need to listen.
  
  We all remember the Blair Babes and the great push to get women into parliament and that was good then but is somewhat dated around the edges now.
  
  Clair isnt an 'imposed candidate' as stated above but an imposed sex of candidate. There were other women on the short list and Clair Hawkins won through and beat off the opposition. An imposed candidate would be someone bussed in that we were told to have with no choice option. The nation has seen quite a few of those. There is a subtle difference there but an important one I think. I say 'we' there but Im not a member of the Labour Party just to make that clear.
  
  I dont know why Keefy didnt make his protest earlier. Why wait til the candidate is all up and running and beginning to make ground. The time to object was when the all women short list plan was announced.

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