absolutely!
I take it Birmingham Erdington is a safe Labour seat.
Oh yes, completely safe...
Which is why (according to the rulze) it should have an all-female short list...
The vacancy was created after Si?n Simon announced this month he will leave Parliament to seek the ? as-yet non-existent ? post of Mayor of Birmingham.
Erdington is one of Labour?s safest seats. Mr Simon held it with a majority of 9,654 at the last general election.
Labour?s National Executive Committee often insists that safe Labour seats must select candidates from all-women shortlists. Miss Harman, a member of the NEC, has been an enthusiastic backer of such lists.
However, the NEC ruled that Erdington would not have an all-women shortlist. Miss Harman is understood to have been absent from the meeting where the seat was debated.