Tamzin Lightwater

Diary of a Notting Hill Nobody | 31 October 2009

Tamzin Lightwater's unique take on the week

issue 31 October 2009

Monday

Some v awkward people are deliberately misunderstanding what Dave said about women- only shortlists. We feel we must remind these people that troublemaking is fundamentally unConservative and that any further attempts to disrupt Compassionate Cameronian principles of compliance with the party line and non-resistance to the stated policy of the leadership will be met with the strongest possible measures. Just to be clear: when Dave said, ‘I want women-only shortlists’, he did not mean that we are going to bring in women-only shortlists. Duh!! What he meant — and I can’t believe we are having to spell this out — is that we may or may not have all-women shortlists at some point in the future, quite possibly by accident. Or not. Now, let that be an end to all this silly talk about constituencies being forced to select Cameron Cuties. Which reminds me, must think up a better name for them.

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