Dear me Keith your misogyny is shining through in your last post, do you really dislike & despise women in politics as much as your post suggests?
Neil Moors wrote:What I mean is that you don't exclude person A, because central office would prefer person B - so imagine a scenario where the local membership put forward someone who the leadership think is totally unsuitable/will cause controversy, then it is reasonable for them to pull rank. It should be the exception and not the rule though. ..
It is the thin end of the wedge, it ends up excluding everyone who disagrees with the party heirarchy