The story so far: Labour selects Luciana Berger as their candidate for Liverpool Wavertree, despite the fact that she was also a candidate for the local elections in Camden, London. Labour MP Peter Kilfoyle attacks Luciana Berger’s selection. Off the back of her Camden connection, a Liverpool paper decides to put Luciana Berger’s Livipudllian credentials to the test; a test that she then fails.
And now there are mutterings of discontent over how the selection process was run – because it turns out that during the selection contest she was staying in same house as Jane Kennedy, the retiring MP and her partner, Peter Downing. The problem with that? Peter Downing is the Constituency Labour Party’s secretary and so was the person running the selection contest:
Frank Hont, regional secretary of Unison, confirmed he had written a probing letter to the party demanding answers over the selection process. (Liverpool Echo)
The Liverpool Daily Post’s headline on all this? Liverpool Wavertree MP candidate Luciana Berger dismisses third election crisis, going on to say, “She has been rocked by criticism and alleged scandal”.
All this will do no harm at all to the chances of the Liberal Democrat candidate, Colin Eldridge.
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Don’t be surprised if Luciana turns on the water works at some point and blames the Ldems for demonising her. I remember her doing the same in NUS (although under slightly different circumstances).
I would have thought that the political parties need to encourage as many young people to stand as candidates as possible. Particularly given the behaviour and quality of some of our political representatives. My own days of partisan politics are over but I do believe that the parties need to select people who are at least competent. I would put this criteria ahead of considerations of background and locality. I live in Telford, a place which I adore. One day I might, for whatever reason, decide to move. Does that mean that I cannot ever stand for election anywhere else in order to serve and make a positive difference to that community? Judging by her resume, I would suggest that Luciana Berger is precisely the kind of person that we need in public life – intelligent, articulate and capable. I think that the Labour Party have made a very good choice and I wish her well.
i wish her well too! good looking, intellegent, coherant. shes the perfect date – but not nessisarily the perfect candi’date’ for my home – wavertree ( i cant spell so dont pull me up on that it would be boring) i just dont want someone whos been in my community for 12 minuets looking after me and my comunities interests! rather have colin who has set up home here, ran a buissiness here, understands my communities needs and loves wavo as much as i do. thats just me personally. as i say i wish her well and i sure she will do well but hopefuly just somewhere else.
“Don’t be surprised if Luciana turns on the water works at some point and blames the Ldems for demonising her. I remember her doing the same in NUS (although under slightly different circumstances).”
The stand that Luciana Berger took in resigning from the NUS was absolutely the right one.