Left Foot Forward expose 'gay rights' MEP

What on earth were Tory press officers thinking when they put Charles Tannock MEP up against Stephen Fry on Channel 4 News?

“It’s very clear that the modern Conservative Party is fully committed to equal opportunities, to tolerance, to anti-discrimination measures.”

So far, so party line. But talking of his time as a local councillor for a ward with a “significant gay community” he continued:

“I’ve done a lot of things to help them.”

Oh, really? Left Foot Forward gave the edifice a bit of a poke and it all came tumbling down:

• Motion condeming Lithuanian equivalent of Section 28 – voted against.
• Directive outlawing discrimination in providing equal treatment on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation – abstained.
• Key report that would combat any form of discrimination in the provision of goods and services, including on the grounds of sexual orientation – voted against.
• 2006 resolution condemning homophobic and racist violence – refused suport.

The gay community needs Tannock’s “help” like they need a kick in the teeth.