Stories about botched or controversial selections for parliamentary candidates dominated a difficult week for both Labour and the Conservatives. One new candidate for a safe seat, however, has particularly riled Tory MPs: Mims Davies, selected earlier this week in Mid-Sussex.
Davies, of course, isn’t really a new candidate at all, but a serving minister. Having won Eastleigh in Hampshire from the Liberal Democrats in 2015, she announced that she would not stand again late last month.
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