We heard rumours of a walk out at the Rotherham selection earlier this evening – and local BBC journalists appear to have confirmed it. BBC Yorkshire political Editor Len Tingle tweeted:
Chaos at the #Labour Party selection meeting in #Rotherham as half the members walk out in protest because no local candidate short listed
— Len Tingle (@Tinglepolitics) November 13, 2012
Update: A Labour source contacted us to say:
“The meeting is continuing and will pick a candidate. People are entitled to their views but we need a clean break with the past.”
That quote echoes how the selection was referred to by a Labour source last night.
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