Much to my shame I didn't blog this immediately.
The issue of who gets to fill our elected MPs column, a favourite bugbear of From Under The Stone, got a little bit of attention on October 15 when the Herald carried a letter titled 'Collins bias?'
The writer of the letter airs the same concerns of this blog, namely that giving the column set aside for the elected MP to only one Prospective Parliamentary Candidate constitutes an unfair bias. This should be given to other PPCs, as a letter does not carry the same weight as a column (though Labour PPC Donald Worsley is giving it a good go, with a string of recent letters published).
The author, Bill Sheldrake, happens to share the same name as a Lib Dem member. Presumably not the same person, as surely the Lib Dem commitment to transparency would require this to be added to the name?
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