Selections. How activists find themselves crushed by the attritional, grinding juggernaut of the Party machine.

CCHQ itself is also a victim of what it has helped to create. Here’s a way forward that should be acceptable to all.

East Staffs council leader alleges Party Board appointee’s oversight of Griffiths ballot is “unfair and prejudicial”

Cllr Duncan Goodfellow complains Lord Hunt’s message to the association “could be seen as seeking to fetter the independent and impartial decision of members”.

Andrew Griffiths gets the green light to seek readoption in Burton

Apparently aware of the potential controversy, the Party Board has appointed Lord Hunt to supervise the ballot in East Staffordshire next week.

Exclusive: Walker resigns from the Party Board, amid rising tensions over centralised candidate selection

The Vice-Chairman of the ’22 served on the Board for nine years, and recently oversaw the leadership contest, so his departure is a surprise.

No, Philip Hammond’s reselection last night does not protect him from being deselected if he loses the Whip

The Party’s rules – and the history of legal challenges to them – make for grim reading for the former Chancellor.