Tory MPs warned the Prime Minister that he must attend to the party’s “home base” swiftly to prevent more core Conservatives deserting to Nigel Farage. Sir Gerald Howarth, the former Defence Minister, said that his constituents were “fed up to the back teeth” with the Government. He challenged Mr Cameron to adopt a five-point plan that encompassed taking Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights, doing more to cut immigration, triggering a prompt EU referendum, freezing the aid budget and scrapping the gay marriage Bill.
The Times.
Interesting to single out equal marriage in the headline when there are five demands.
And interesting that the pro-gay marriage Times gives this story such prominence.
And interesting that Gerald Howarth made exactly the same call after last year's local election results.
And it's interesting that David Cameron ignored this obsessively anti-gay and frighteningly right-wing creepy old irrelevant ballbag then, too.
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The Times has changed editor since it came out for equal marriage last year. John Withrow was brought in as acting editor after James Harding was forced out. Withrow comes from the Sunday Times, which opposed the legislation. The choice of headline sounds very cynical opportunistic attempt to inflate the significance of marriage in the recent elections. (As if the popularity of UKIP hasn't been overrated enough as it is, on 30 percent turnout in mainly rural areas).
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Thanks.
DeleteInteresting... and depressing.