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  All Cameron's headline grabbing appear to fade away.......
  
  David Cameron's dream of an 'A-list' of women candidates fades
  
  Less than a third of those selected so far in Tory constituencies are women, as Prime Minister becomes frustrated with slow progress of modernising his party
  
  David Cameron is facing a showdown with Conservative grass roots as he becomes frustrated by activists' refusal to select more women to stand for Parliament in 2015, The Independent can disclose. The Prime Minister has privately expressed his irritation that local associations are failing to select more female candidates, jeopardising his hopes of boosting the number of women Conservative MPs
  
  Fewer than one in three of the candidates so far selected in Tory-held constituencies or crucial target seats are women. It leaves the Prime Minister facing the potential embarrassment of the number of female Tory MPs increasing only marginally at the next election - or even decreasing if the party's parliamentary strength falls in 2015.
  
  One senior minister told The Independent: "The Prime Minister is very exercised about this and is frustrated that more constituencies aren't picking women candidates. But he knows there's not much he can do - he has sent out plenty of messages about modernising the look of the party, but it is slow progress."
  
  Full story Independent.

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