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Any thoughts about this?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/6448889/Elizabeth-Trus s-to-face-de-selection-vote-over-affair-with-Tory-MP.html

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Isn't the reason they are thinking about de-selecting her more to do with the whole imposed list thing? Which is, i believe, either a. a plan by that nice Mr Cameron to get more minorities (such as women!) past the dinosaurs at a local level or b. a cunning way to increase central control of the local parties, depending on your perspective?

I must admit, I have not been following this quite as avidly as I might, since I am most unlikely to either vote for or join the Conservative Party.

Seems bit naive not to think that it might have been important to mention that the Mail on Sunday was on her tail