Tonight I will be reporting on almost the mirror story to Surrey East - Stoke-on-Trent Central - where local members will decide this evening whether or not to back Peter Mandelson's favoured candidate, the historian Tristram Hunt.
Some local Labour members in Stoke are so angry about the shortlist that's being imposed on them that they are threatening to back an Independent Labour candidate
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Comment number 1.
At 19:16 1st Apr 2010, cping500 wrote:Usually such threats of an independent come to nothing because the organisers get thrown out of the Party if they support only opposed to Labour. So unless they have mass support its a no go. The only way to defeat Mr Hunt is in the selection process where it should be.
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At 19:22 1st Apr 2010, cping500 wrote:Actually I see the selection meeting has been cancelled by Labour's NEC and apparently nominations reopened.
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