tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post7366332840122904274..comments2024-03-20T12:28:00.031+00:00Comments on Liberal Bureaucracy: European Selection: a massacre of the innocentsMark Valladareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-31427657903360029332007-11-13T14:07:00.000+00:002007-11-13T14:07:00.000+00:00http://duncanborrowman.blogspot.com/2007/11/for-sa...http://duncanborrowman.blogspot.com/2007/11/for-sake-of-english-and-scottish-and.htmlDuncan Borrowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301480655035778743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-46647433017308040902007-11-13T13:19:00.000+00:002007-11-13T13:19:00.000+00:00I would really like to see us select the top three...I would really like to see us select the top three (or 4 in the SE) separately from the rest. A shortlist of, say, six could then really be "who would make a good MEP" and the contest would be more meaningful.<BR/><BR/>The rest of the list could be selected in the same way as we select candidates for the less promising development seats.Stephen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323873431145237483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-87977135848724422802007-11-13T00:12:00.000+00:002007-11-13T00:12:00.000+00:00Actually I don't think all our incumbents are bad....Actually I don't think all our incumbents are bad. It is the system that gets me. I am delighted at incumbents who campaign hard and get reselected - no names no pack drill as there is inference by exclusion.<BR/><BR/>In the last year I have experienced more than I have ever seen the failings of all our selection processes and just hold my head in despair at how the structures created achieve precisely the opposite of what they are designed for. They fail on democracy, they fail on fairness, they fail on transparency and they fail on giving a speedy result.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that I think that to break down the present processes will mean breaking down the structures that created them (in the long run). Solution? Replace Federal Spring Conference with an English Conference that makes those responsible answerable and not elected by some remote process.Duncan Borrowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301480655035778743noreply@blogger.com