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Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt defeats campaign to deselect him

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Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt defeats campaign to deselect him

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pcernie

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Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt defeats campaign to deselect him

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... n-deselect


	Quote: One senior member of the association described Blunt's "totally unnecessary announcement that he was 'gay'" as the final straw.

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Mon Nov 18, 2013 5:48 pm

jonbwfc

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Re: Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt defeats campaign to deselect him

Tell me the original quote actually had the apostrophes round the world gay. Please say that's true.

Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:00 pm

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Re: Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt defeats campaign to deselect him


	jonbwfc wrote: Tell me the original quote actually had the apostrophes round the world gay. Please say that's true.

Apparently so, contained in a letter... 'Look, Crispin, we're bringing in Boris and he's going to talk some sense into you...'

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Re: Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt defeats campaign to deselect him


	jonbwfc wrote: Tell me the original quote actually had the apostrophes round the world gay. Please say that's true.

Yes it did.


	Quote: One senior member of the association described Blunt's "totally unnecessary announcement that he was 'gay'" as the final straw.

Though is it really for us to decide if he should stand? It really makes little difference to how they do their job. Good to see that the local party defeated this motion.

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Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:21 pm

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Re: Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt defeats campaign to deselect him


	Amnesia10 wrote: Though is it really for us to decide if he should stand? It really makes little difference to how they do their job. Good to see that the local party defeated this motion.

It's up to the constituency association who they put forward as a candidate at the general election. Them's the rules, in most cases.

Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:46 pm

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