Why didn't the selection meeting go on with the rest of the shortlist?

This statement may explain something of it;-

Gordon Brown acted quickly though, drafting in a replacement within hours, Margaret Curran - currently a Glasgow MSP - announced she was adding her name to the shortlist yesterday afternoon.

I won't say it's a set up, but ..... gordon's in big trouble and that constituency was beginning to look like a bust in the current climate so he's probably putting hissafest available hands into play.

keep to the Fen Causeway