"On the whole, Parliament doesn't do sex very well.
"But next week when we return, we shall debate the proposals tabled by the Tory MP Nadine Dorries to make it more difficult for women to get abortions. Dorries is the woman who earlier this year proposed that, in order to cut teenage pregnancies, we should introduce abstinence education for girls only.
"Now, as a gay man, I'm no expert on getting pregnant. Indeed on one occasion when an ITV journalist asked me the hilariously inept question "what causes teenage pregnancy?", I looked perplexed before suggesting I thought it was something to do with sexual intercourse. "Nonetheless, I'm pretty certain that it takes two to make a baby, so if you want to tackle teenage pregnancy, you've got to deal with the boys as well..."
Chris Bryant, the Honourable Member for Hackgate-Under-Gaydar, debuts his new Political Life column for Saturday's Independent.
Does one bit about house prices, which some may find a bit too close to home from the double house flipper.
Good to see him there, Fagburn say.
But why didn't he sign up to a News International paper?
Surely they pay much better?
Saturday, 3 September 2011
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