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Hello and welcome to Copy How Shots. I'm James Hill. I'm joined today by the spectators Katie Pools

and Lord Stuart Jackson, who is a member of the House of Lords

and also a regional chairman of the Conservative and Criting Organization.

The topic of today's discussion is going to be candidate selections.

Katie has been a lot of focus recently this week on what's happening in the Conservative Party.

Can you tell us more? Yes, we're in the early stages of the Tory

selecting a lot of candidates. They're a bit behind Labour on this. I think Labour

have selected over half the parliamentary candidates for the next election.

The Tories have with the Boundary Commission, some time obviously,

working out which MPs go where. You've had a few bun fights,

Cerella Bravo and of course, eventually won the Battle of Waterloo.

But that has taken some time and we're now on to the candidates of tomorrow.

Now the candidates list, I think, is pretty much done and it comes down to three different stages

or three different passes you get once you get through that process.

So if you are seen as a top candidate by CCHQ, I think it's what you're called as comprehensive.

It's also, I would call it the VIP pass. In the sense, you're allowed to try and go for any seat.

CCHQ still have to say we're putting you on the list,

but technically you can apply for any seat and see where you go from there.

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