Tories Hire for New Candidates Director on LinkedIn – Guido Fawkes

Tories Hire for New Candidates Director on LinkedIn

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The Tories are finally advertising for a new Head of Candidates to “support the review and management of the selection processes for elected representatives at all levels of the Party.” They’ve taken to LinkedIn to do so…

Crucially the role holder will work “with the Chair of the Candidates Committee and Executive Director of Campaigning to design, lead and deliver the Party’s parliamentary reselection process for the next General Election and the Mayoral, PCC, and Senedd candidate selection process.” Clock’s ticking on that – Senedd elections are on 7 May next year…

The job advert emphasises the responsibility for the director to “ensure candidates at all levels of office for the Party are strongly Conservative, in their values and principles, and as demonstrated through their actions.” Something something ipsos custodes…

CCHQ’s campaigns department is also bereft of high level staff and recent voluntary redundancies have gutted the departments across the board. Overturning polls takes personnel…

The advert has been up for a day and has got 11 applications so far. Do any co-conspirators fancy their chances…