One of the jobs of political parties in representative democracies is candidate selection

Then came #ge2019

Problem after problem after problem
I can’t remember an election where the main parties have messed this up so often and so many times

A thread of the most ridiculous and serious cases follows
3. Sally Gimson
Labour, Bassetlaw

Problem: Labour NEC did not like her

Status: NEC dumped Gimson for no sensible reason and against the wishes of the local party. The seat is marginal https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-50322652
14. Andrew Griffiths
Tory, Burton

Problem: sexting women

Status: ousted by his estranged wife Kate Griffiths https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-50413018/general-election-2019-kate-griffiths-selected-as-burton-tory-candidate
Is this especially serious this time? Wdyt @ProfTimBale @gsoh31 @robfordmancs?

Scandals I’m missing? Please do reply here notifying me of them...

/ends
16. Claudia Webbe
Labour, Leicester East

Problem: defended Livingstone's anti semitism, prompted local party chairman to resign

Status: still the candidate (to replace Keith Vaz, and we know what happened to him!) https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50467321
(and hell - I knew of a dozen or so cases - but these keep on coming in...)
Also please note: this documents the status at the time the tweet was added, and the thread has been going for more than a week! By all means tweet me what has changed subsequently...
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