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    Jan Tranter - in post #28 you said ""Maybe one stumbling block to this, like the tories we could end up with someone being bussed in as was Charlie, after all who knew him or knew anything about him anytime before that.""

    I must correct you there.

    No-one was bussed in at all.

    Charlie, at the time of selection, lived in Sandwich just outside the Constituency but also with his mother-in-law living in this Constituency providing him with additional local links. He certainly could be counted as a 'local' from those factors. Also we had the choice of another local person on the shortlist (and a third if PaulW had decided to put himself forward again).

    The decision on who to select was entirely a local one. No-one at all was 'parachuted in' or 'bussed in' as you put it. I was on the panel at the time of shortlisting so have first hand knowledge.

    Incidentally - I was fully aware of Charlie long before he applied to Dover for selection as were others in Dover. He was and is well known for his contributions to Tory think tanks and blogging sites including ConHome.

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