Baffling

Poor old Iain Dale has inexplicably failed to make it onto the coveted Tory 'A' list of candidates. It would seem that the standard must be set really rather high. Except for Adam Rickett and Zac Goldsmith of course.

Hopefully Iain's espousal of the Davis cause didn't count against him in the final reckoning, especially as the Tories need all the bright people it can find at the moment. Commiserations old chap and nil desperandum, if recent polls are even nearly accurate, I suspect that Westminster will echo to the Dale footsteps before too long.