The Problem With Local Government Selection

I think you can be local and not a village idiot. In every constituency, there is almost certainly the right person for the job. It's just that the selection process is so skewed towards the way that the party push forward candidates. You have to sort of appease the chairpeople in your local party constituency with whatever that takes as opposed to thinking about the person who might in a mayoral way, in a big role, might represent more of the people,. We don't have a primary system, right? So you're right. One of the problems is, is that the system for selection is often so opaque and you have to square off all your local. Mind you, a primary system can