David Cameron slip leaves gay people out of election speech
David Cameron, leader of the British Conservative Party, may have made another gaffe over his support for gay rights - after he left out a reference to gay people he was supposed to make in his speech kick-starting their election campaign, reports The Metro.
The original text of this morning’s speech, which had been circulated to journalists before he gave it, included the sentence: ‘We’re fighting this election for the Great Ignored – young, old, rich, poor, black, white, gay, straight.’
But when he gave the speech, Mr Cameron appeared to forget several of those categories, instead describing the ‘Great Ignored’ by saying: ‘They may be black or white, they may be rich or poor, they may live in the town or country.’
It comes after a series of controversies over the Conservatives’ position on gay rights. First, Cameron appeared flustered in an interview with Gay Times, appearing uncertain how to respond to questions about how Tory MEPs had voted in a European Parliament vote condemning homophobic laws in Lithuania.
Then over the weekend, the Conservative shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, was embroiled in controversy after he was recorded saying that he thought people who ran bed and breakfasts should have the right to turn away gay couples.
Posted by Rob Coe on April 6th, 2010 at 11:58am
