Parliamentary candidate selection

Describe your idea:

No one will be eligible to stand for parliament unless they’ve lived and ideally worked in that constituency for at least five years.

What problem does it solve?:

It should (a) reduce the number of carpet-bagging, brown-nosing career politicians who are more devoted to their own advancement than to their constituency; (b) bring into parliament a much wider range of skills and experience than at present; and (c) make it clearer that Britain consists of rather more than just London and the south-east.

Type of idea: A brand new project

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