Tories Branded As Class-Conscious Homophobes. Again.

Hmm. There seems to be a pattern forming here. Not only have a number of MEPs been revealed to have voted against legislation in favour of gay rights in the very recent past, but it’s now also arisen that Home Secretary Chris Grayling, defender of everyone’s human rights, and general nice guy, foolishly stood up for Catholic rights instead of Gay rights during a conference. In other words, when asked if he agreed that Christian B&B owners should accept homosexual couples to sleep together in their homes, he replied in the negative, and then went off on some rather tedious tangent about human rights, and some other details that would undermine the political gender of this Blog – so, let’s move on.

David Millaband put it surprisingly well on Question Time the other evening, also a nice chap by the way – did I mention that all politicians are nice people? He made some sweeping and rather majestic metaphorical speech about the David Cameron wrapper starting to peel off the bar, and we’d all recoil in the horror when the old, monstrous, class consciousness and general ‘let’s bugger the lower class,’ mentality was revealed in all its putrescent hideousness. Well said, David, well said – so well said, in fact, that he was treated to a roar of applause from the audience. Nothing like a session of clapping from the noble British Publick to lighten a politic sprit- oh yes, sir.


However, regardless of eloquent verbosity and Tory spin, a disturbing question- particular disturbing if you’re gay, or black, and god help you if you’re gay and black – was raised about the Tory position on Homosexuals. Are they homophobes? Well, their manifesto stipulates fairly clearly that they’re not. So does David Cameron actually, as he’s been out slapping an impressive amount of wrists ever since this rather concerning revelation was, well, revealed. Grayling has apologized profusely for any way in which his comment might have been interpreted (nice man, that Grayling) and so maybe those who were leaning towards the Tory party, having eaten up that ‘we’ve changed for the best’ crap, will stick a cross in Cameron’s box this May.


Anyone not sitting on a large inheritance they desperately need to protect, or anyone with the base line of intelligence for that matter, ought to have their suspicions raised- maybe there are a number of old school Tory values, i.e homophobia, bubbling under the surface of Cameron’s admittedly highly charming persona and clean cut, new age visage. Nice people, those politicians, did I mention that yet? Of course then again, if you are a massive homophobe, you probably should vote Tory anyway because you’re small and discriminatory brain will be appeased in so many different facets that it will, like, blow your mind.