Really pleased to have today been shortlisted for the selection in Manchester Central. It's a real honour. Good luck to others too.

— Lucy Powell MP (@LucyMPowell) March 28, 2012

Guido will eat his hat if Lucy Powell does not win the Labour selection process for Manchester Central. Ed’s Deputy Chief of Staff is in a bit of a pickle though. Given that she somehow managed to work her way  onto the controversial new party executive board, how is her selection going to look like anything other than a stitch up? This one doesn’t appear to have been thought through…