"Two Tough Interviews and an Assessment."

Getting on the Tory A-list is a tough business - just ask Gillingham's very own A-lister* Reh Chishti.

To be able to have the honour of saying you are an A-lister* takes "two tough interviews and an assessment."

Interesting way of putting it Reh...especially when you consider The Yorkshire Post's recent report on your Parliamentary Assessment Panel. The Yorkshire Post claim you failed your first assessment panel.

But hey - that's not so bad, right? Everyone deserves another chance.

A second assessment panel was organised and "phew!" Reh is through and free to look for a seat.

And there's the problem. It would appear that under Conservative rules our Reh should have been made to wait 12 months before being allowed a re-sit - not the mere few weeks Reh had to wait out.

I'm guessing they had to act quick in case he decided to pack his bags and chance his arm with the Lib Dems.

But apparently this is not the way to win friends in the Party. One dis-gruntled Tory party member commented: "I don’t see why people who have worked for the Conservative Party for years should be pushed to one side to make way for somebody who has been working against the party for years. Everyone should be treated equally."

It's okay Reh...we still love you here at Medway Tory Watch.

* I keep on saying that Reh is an A-lister. He is, infact, really a B-lister. He never made it onto the first batch of A-list candidates.
But let's not quibble, eh? No seat, didn't win Dragon's Den and that terrible sporting injury curtailed his promising athletic career.
To point that out he is really a B-lister would be just plain petty!