“Ed Miliband says the right things when it comes to engagement of Labour party members in selection processes. ‘You’ve got to leave it to party members to make their decisions. And that’s the way it should be’ he said in a recent interview with Mark Ferguson of LabourList.
Why then, when it comes to the largest selection process currently ongoing in the Labour party, the selection of candidates across the country for the 2014 European elections, does precisely the opposite seem to be the case?”