No More CF Democracy?
According to Tory Bear [the Guido Fawkes of Conservative Future]:
[The CF Steering Committee] have discussed in depth the prospect of removing the entire elections process from CF. Elections are apparently a) messy and dirty, b) cost too much - the ERS charge a hell of a lot and of the thousands of ballot papers sent out, only a fraction of them are returned and c) at the end of the day the big people’s Party don’t get the candidate they want.
TB has now heard this from two trusted and well wired sources.
If that has even the slightest inkling of truth, it is utterly reprehensible. What is the point of having a separate “youth” organisation within the party if its leaders are not to be chosen by its members?
The country is a democracy and the party is a democracy [well, pretty much] so why shouldn’t CF be one as well? Especially since it is already democratic, to remove the democratic element would be a huge step backwards - and rightly garner negative publicity.
Whilst all of their points are relatively valid, (a) and (c) can’t be helped and are an inevitable outcome of elections. They are unavoidable, and this argument is an argument against all democracy. However, (b) can be minimised at least - move the CF elections online and/or extend the term. Then not only is it saving money, but making the party look “innovative” and “forward moving” and other such phrases.
Very simply, removing the elections from CF would make it into a laughing stock, and be a travesty for a party that claims to support democracy.
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