There is clearly a lot of resentment about 'Dave' Cameron following closely in the footsteps of his hero, 'Tony' Blair. His 'A List' of candidates which are imposed on local constituency associations shows that his support for the idea that MPs should be representatives of the local constituencies is only skin deep.
As ever, the Telegraph can be relied upon to dig the dirt. You can read all about it here.
The Conservative Home article written by Cash defending AWS (all women shortlists) is here. It is a dismally weak argument, and unites Cash with Blair in an implicit assumption that meritocracy, a word invented by Michael Young, is a desirable thing. What is encouraging is that the mass of comments on this mediocre essay are strongly opposed to Ms Cash's view. It is ironic that she calls for meritocracy but, clearly, is a candidate only because her husband was a school friend of 'Dave'.
