What do FGers think of Tom Curran's statement on Selection Conventions?

[wombat]

First the point is that members under One Member One Vote are treated as members of that constituency organisation, not the local branch.

The branch is the basic unit in FG's organisation. I joined a party because I wanted to change the govt., not out of friendship/loyalty to an individual candidate. My experience has been that personal loyalty is the motivation for a large number of members. I don't have a problem with that but when the individual candidate is not involved, neither are many of their supporters. Regarding local representation, I think that is what the council is for, TDs should be more focussed on national issues but I concede that is a minority opinion

[Casualbets]

The branch is the basic unit in FG's organisation. I joined a party because I wanted to change the govt., not out of friendship/loyalty to an individual candidate. My experience has been that personal loyalty is the motivation for a large number of members. I don't have a problem with that but when the individual candidate is not involved, neither are many of their supporters. Regarding local representation, I think that is what the council is for, TDs should be more focussed on national issues but I concede that is a minority opinion

I don't disagree with the last point. I thought John Rogers proposal on National Vocational Constituencies was very interesting - seems to have fallen off the radar though.