All out assault on the straight white male continues, now under ‘conservative’ label.
A confidential blueprint for David Cameron’s controversial bid toimpose more women, gays and ethnic candidates on reluctant partyactivists has come to light.
The explosive six-page documentproposes the use of subterfuge to end the white, male and middle-classimage of the Conservative Party.
It emerged on the eve of another grassroots revolt over the modernisation of the party.
ActionPlan for Candidate Selection in Safe Seats is a fascinating insightinto how modernisers have planned a gradual Tory party takeover.
Their efforts finally paid off last month when Mr Cameron imposed shortlists of ‘suitable’ Parliamentary candidates.
The document suggests using ‘stealth’ and stresses the importance ofkeeping ‘quiet’ over the plans to ensure more women, ethnic and gaycandidates. ‘Like a conjuror, we’ll get more applause if the audiencecannot see exactly how the trick is performed,’ the document says.
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