UK: Women-only policy wrong

Letter here, written by an unnamed female Labor party MP. Excerpt:

'IT is with a heavy heart that I write to the Barry & District News to oppose the policy that has been forced upon the Vale of Glamorgan Constituency Labour Party, to select its next Parliamentary candidate from a women-only shortlist.

I know there is a silent majority of local Labour party members who would oppose the imposition of a women-only shortlist for the selection of our candidate to replace John Smith MP.

It is what I can only describe as bullying tactics from the national executive, which forced the local party to succumb to this policy.

The polls indicate the fight to return a Labour MP for the Vale of Glamorgan will be extremely difficult.'