Yep, and while this is nothing unprecedented as far as Labour bureaucracy goes, the fact that the leadership are parachuting in a candidate who by his team's own admission doesn't know anything about the constituency leaves a particularly bitter taste. See the second to last paragraph here:
I’m sure all the voices in the party who routinely cried Stalinism! for offences such as suggesting mandatory reselection for candidates will be along to condemn this development in no time at all
Yep, and while this is nothing unprecedented as far as Labour bureaucracy goes, the fact that the leadership are parachuting in a candidate who by his team's own admission doesn't know anything about the constituency leaves a particularly bitter taste. See the second to last paragraph here: