'Insult to Wales' - former Labour MP slams Starmer for imposing candidates on Welsh constituencies(nation.cymru)

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A former Welsh Labour MP has slammed the party for parachuting two candidates with no connection to Wales into safe Labour seats.

Earlier today Nation.Cymru revealed that a think tank boss and a former Starmer aide have been selected as Welsh Labour general election candidates.

Think tank chief and former Labour aide Torsten Bell has been selected as Welsh Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Swansea West, while executive director of legal affairs for the Labour Party, Alex Barros-Curtis, was selected for Cardiff West.

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mhague@lemmy.world

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5 months ago

We’ve been writing this way for 100 years or more. It’s called headlinese. When you see “slammed” you’re supposed to think, “Ah, slammed. A short word indicating strong disagreement.”

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headline#Headlinese

But then again, we’re more sensitive towards media control and all that. More understanding of how slant does things to people.

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