From Conservative Commentator Iain Dale: "Boris's Dad confirms application for Henley" (South East Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats)

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From Conservative Commentator Iain Dale: "Boris's Dad confirms application for Henley"

May 6, 2008 12:09 AM

Conservative commentator and blogger Iain Dale has reported that Stanley Johnson (father of MP Boris Johnson) has said he would like to stand for the Henley Constituency seat to be vacated by Boris Johnson when he resigns as MP for the area. Dale writes:

"Speaking to Cambridge University Conservatives tonight, Boris Johnson's father Stanley confirmed that he would put his name forward to succeed his son in Henley.

'I'll definitely put my name down. If you've been a Conservative MEP and a Candidate, and you're still alive, you've got to do something.'

"If it weren't for the fact that Labour has adopted the hereditary principle in Crewe & Nantwich, and been criticised for it, Stanley might have a chance. As it stands, I can't see any advantage to the Conservative Party going for whatever the term for the hereditary principle in reverse is. In fact, does such a word exist?"