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| Tory faces deselection meeting | Tory faces deselection meeting |
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| A meeting to decide whether to deselect Tory parliamentary candidate Elizabeth Truss because of her affair with an MP four years ago is to be held later. | A meeting to decide whether to deselect Tory parliamentary candidate Elizabeth Truss because of her affair with an MP four years ago is to be held later. |
| South West Norfolk Conservative Association is holding a full meeting of its 400 members on Monday evening. | South West Norfolk Conservative Association is holding a full meeting of its 400 members on Monday evening. |
| She has been criticised for not telling them about her much publicised affair with Tory MP Mark Field in 2004/05. | She has been criticised for not telling them about her much publicised affair with Tory MP Mark Field in 2004/05. |
| Ms Truss says she let the national party know about the affair but it was not passed on to the local party. | Ms Truss says she let the national party know about the affair but it was not passed on to the local party. |
| The decision to call a deselection vote has caused tensions with the national party, as Ms Truss is on David Cameron's A-list of would-be candidates. | The decision to call a deselection vote has caused tensions with the national party, as Ms Truss is on David Cameron's A-list of would-be candidates. |
| 'Water under bridge' | 'Water under bridge' |
| Ms Truss, a councillor in Greenwich, south east London, and deputy director of the centre-right think-tank Reform, was chosen as the constituency's parliamentary candidate last moth. | Ms Truss, a councillor in Greenwich, south east London, and deputy director of the centre-right think-tank Reform, was chosen as the constituency's parliamentary candidate last moth. |
| Some South West Norfolk Tory members say that are angry that she did not mention her affair during a selection interview. | Some South West Norfolk Tory members say that are angry that she did not mention her affair during a selection interview. |
| They say that, when told of this unease, the national party responded that the panel could have found out about it by putting her name into the Google search engine, because it had previously been reported in the press. | They say that, when told of this unease, the national party responded that the panel could have found out about it by putting her name into the Google search engine, because it had previously been reported in the press. |
| South West Norfolk Conservative Association's chairman David Hills is understood to support Ms Truss, who stood for the Conservatives in Calder Valley in West Yorkshire at the 2005 election. | |
| Speaking about the affair earlier this month, she said: "It's been public for some years now. | Speaking about the affair earlier this month, she said: "It's been public for some years now. |
| "I am really sorry about that [affair]. It's a mistake I made and as far as me and my husband are concerned it's water under the bridge. | "I am really sorry about that [affair]. It's a mistake I made and as far as me and my husband are concerned it's water under the bridge. |
| "It's more an issue about communication within the party." | "It's more an issue about communication within the party." |