And Justin Hincliffe. Instead of whining about how the poor, brave Tory Party is being bullied it would be far better for you to be campaigning to disassociate the Tories from their blatantly homophobic chums in Poland. Although considering that the Tories probably share those views that will be difficult.

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You are a prospective Conservative candidate.

Do you think it becoming of someone who wants to become an elected member of our legislature to come on here and start whining, bullying and disembling?

Pathetic.

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Despite this being manifestly false to anyone who has an IQ above room temperature; why are the Tory boys in these comments saying it's OK for the Conservatives to team up with homophobes just because they share their Euroscepticism? Surely if their claim on gay rights was true then it shows that European integration is in fact a very good and positive thing for Britain.

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Unbelievable. The delusion and stupidity of gay Tories knows no bounds.

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this is the face of acceptable modern Britain.

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"David Cameron apologised for Section 28. I don't actually think it was intended to be anti-gay, I think it was more an anti-state interference law to be honest."

There have been some outright stupid or plain disingenuous things posted on the site over the time it's been going but claiming 'honestly' that Section 28 wasn't intended to be anti-gay triumphantly manages to be up there with the best, or rather the worst, on both counts at once. It's a real achievement, of sorts.

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And I'm not Labour, I actually CHOOSE who to vote for by considering the manifestoes. And I have illusions about aspects of the Muslim community. In fact I question anyone who claims to ahove the only answers

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I've actually commented on the thread concerning Bruno that I saw value in it and the way it challenges.

It's interesting that the tory lords and the Bishops didn't object to the "protection against religious hatred" clause. I wonder why not.

And I don't like being called an idiot by someone who has picked up ONE entry. You a tory by any chance?

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so that's why the Tory Lords (in collaberation with the Bishops) voted down the anti-gay "hate speech" clause in the latest equality bill….

One can judge a man by the company he keeps. These fervently anti-gay parties pay lip service to equality, but see what happens in their countries. And their backwardness is very much religious based, not communistic.

Hopefully they will improve: in the meantime the gay community in the EU is contributing to their homophobia through subsidies, and these parties will use such subsidies to bolster their popularity.

If they want the money then let thm adopt the socialnorms of liberal, secular Europe!!

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Unfortunately for the Conservative Party this is a real issue and we have to cover it. We're shortly to publish an article that shows the story from the Conservative side.

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Now, for once and for all, let's get a few things straight (excuse the pun):

1. EVERY main grouping in the EP contains people and parties who are not as tolerant as we would like them to be – and that includes the Party of European Socialists, the European People's Party (EPP(which we used to belong to) and, even, the Liberal group.

2. Poland and other eastern European countries are behind the times when it comes to embracing diversity. Blame decades of Communist rule for that! Attitude will change, but it will take a while.

3. The Law and Justice Party has signed an equality pledge on gays issues – not many parties in the EP, be they left or right, can claim that. Dragging up something that may or may not have been said nine years ago is pretty desperate stuff from the BBC.

4. The Conservative Party changed – for the better – under David Cameron's leadership. He's a liberal Tory. Only last week, he apologised for Section 28. Little is said that the Labour Front Bench also supported it at the time and have never apologised for it.

As a gay, pro-European Conservative, I would have preferred to have stayed with the EPP. David Cameron, however, made the pledge to leave it during the leadership election and form a new group and won on that basis. As a democrat, I went along with it. But the idea that the three main groupings – including the EPP – are all gay-friendly is a lie and one Pink News should not persist with!

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