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| 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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| Author: | pcernie [ Mon Nov 18, 2013 5:48 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt defeats campaign to deselect him | |||||||||
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... n-deselect
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 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. |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:16 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt defeats campaign to deselect him | |||||||||
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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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:21 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt defeats campaign to deselect him | ||||||||||||||||||
Yes it did.
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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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:46 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt defeats campaign to deselect him | |||||||||
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. |
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