The fact that the tories have aligned with a very right wing party that many Poles loathe is the issue, so why Stephen Fry has to make completely false statements about Auschwitz being anything to do with Poles or in a free Poland with its own borders is simply unfathomable. In case anyone is unaware of the history, the concentration/ extermination camp was constructed in Nazi-occupied Poland on the orders of Hitler & co. The Polish resistance were the first to let the allies know with many reports of the attrocities there starting very early on in the game (1940), but until 1943 they were dismissed as exaggeration or ignored. The allies did not bomb the railway lines as was planned because it was too risky or something (they were not sure they could bomb the lines and thought they might kill some prisoners)….so lots of people were murdered needlessly anyway. Someone needs to buy Stephen a historical/political atlas so he can see that Poland was occupied from 1939 pretty much up until 1989 firstly by the Nazis and then the Soviets. Other than the years directly following WWI, Poland as a ruling state tends to have a history of being fairly liberal. Several current parties support gay rights. The law and justice party are going in completely the wrong direction and are probably Poland’s version of the BNP…

Poland is in the main a catholic country. If stephen has an issue with the Catholic church’s view of homosexuality then he should complain direct to Rome. They make the rules there.

If the tories think homophobia is behind these poeple they are sadly mistaken.

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Rights in Republic of Poland

Including facists?????

Will the BNP be invited to join the Tory/Polish facist club?

Why is Polish facism acceptable to the Tories but BNP facism unacceptable?

Why the double standard? Especially since the Tories attitude to Europe is so close to the BNP’s?

This alliance between the Tories and the Polish facists makes an utter mockery of Cameron’s claims that the Tories are an inclusive party.

That Polish party is deeply unpleasant with their jingoistic nationalism; homophobia; anti-semitism and alliance with catholic reactionaries.

“Because of the nature of the European Parliament, Simon, you sometimes have to sit with people you don’t always see eye to eye with.”

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This goes without saying . . .

But there is a difference between tolerating extreme groups because they have been democratically elected, and associating ones self with extreme groups.

Why is your leader associating, alligning and making overtures to the extreme politics of some eastern european countries?

This is an inadequate response as should be crystal clear.

I will rephrase.

What are the Tories doing to ensure that the homophobic facists they are allied with in Europe change their hideous bigotry.

You do realise that simply waiting for them to change by themselves is an unacceptable response in light of their leader’s facist statement that acceptance of homosexuality will lead to the destruction of civilisation.

Stephen Fry is absolutely correct in the points he was making. As for those who try to dress this up as a left vs right politics issue, rubbish! Its perfectly acceptable to believe in gay rights & human rights for all, whilst still been in agreement with other tory polices. This is not a left vs right issue, its about modern british political parties not shaming the country’s reputation because they are in bed with anti-semitic, homophobic people & organisations.

Why won’t you investigate the parties that British Labour and Lib Dems politicians sit with? Only last week a senior politician from Germany’s SPD (who sit with Labour in the main Socialist grouping) said that he “didn’t want a gay Finance Minister” – a reference to Guido, leader of a centre-right liberal party, who has now joined Angela Merkel’s conservative coalition.