Whether or not we are heading into a change election, we know already that there will be lots of new faces. They won't look much different to those they are replacing and it is a fond hope whether they will be any better, writes Adam Boulton
The pollster Frank Luntz recently warned Tory MPs that any of them with a majority less that 15,000 is"at risk". There are around 180 in that category - half the current parliamentary party.Now is the time when the main parties are choosing the candidates to fight the coming election in the seats they hold, the seats they regard as winnable and the seats viewed as not worth wasting further resources on.
Of course, not all of them are first timers. Re-treads include the former Cabinet minister Douglas Alexander, who is hoping to win back East Lothian from the SNP, Anna Turley fighting to regain her Red Wall seat of Redcar and former Wolverhampton MP Emma Reynolds, who is now standing in Wycombe. Before constituency parties get to vote on their candidate, a panel made up of trusted members of Labour's National Executive and local supporters draws up a"long list".
Now the product of that public school education, his son Hamish Falconer - a well-regarded diplomat in his own right - has been selected as Labour candidate in marginal Lincoln. The comedian Eddie Izzard, who has failed to be selected elsewhere numerous times, has local connections and is fighting hard for the Labour nomination.
PPCs are chosen by constituency associations whose members are the people who voted for Boris Johnson and Liz Truss and did not vote for Rishi Sunak.
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