An undemocratic party

Liam Hehir looks at the rules for the Leighton Baker Party and finds:

• The constitution states the is the party leader
• Leighton Baker appoints all members of the management committee
• Membership acceptance is at Baker’s discretion
• Baker has responsibility for candidate selection

This raises real issues about whether such a set of rules should have been accepted by the Electoral Commission as the Electoral Act requires democratic candidate selection.