So HR and recruiting staff were being managed to find acceptable candidates quickly, rather than the best candidates. (recareered.com)
Tell them to run an online vote for a new editor on Labourlist, from a choice of acceptable candidates who have expressed an interest. (nextleft.org)
The former party president was the ideologically acceptable candidate because his position outside the coalition government left him free to act as the tribune of the Liberal Democrat grassroots. (theconversation.com)