Michael Crick has taken to his blog to reveal the contents of leaked
Minutes from a Tory meeting:
I must admit to being distinctly underwhelmed by the monitoring aspect of this story. Does anyone believe that the other two main parties don’t have similar procedures in place? In these days of the internet and the 24.7“”Care needs to be taken over the candidates that have the potential to embarrass the Party – there will now be a fortnightly meeting to assess the watch-list of candidates, and the reasons they are on the list needs to be taken into consideration.” And the document shows that a Conservative Central Office official has even been appointed to keep a close eye on what these potential trouble-makers get up to: “The public output e.g. blogs, websites, press releases of candidates will [sic] now to be monitored by a new member of the CRD team,” the minutes read. “Let JM or Stephen Gilbert know if there are any problems with candidates – de-selection should be the last option.”

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