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Nearly one-quarter of the UK’s gay community are undecided on who to vote for
With just days before our 3rd General Election in 4 years just around the corner, THEGAYUK.com undertook a flash poll to find out whether its readers had made a decision on who they were going to vote on the 12th December. THEGAYUK.com asked its readers a binary question of whether they were decided or undecided […]
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New survey indicates how the UK’s gay community might vote in the General Election 2019
With our 3rd General Election in 4 years just around the corner, THEGAYUK.com undertook a flash poll to understand where its readers were thinking about putting their “X” when they visit the voting booth in December. THEGAYUK.com asked its readers which way they planned to vote with the choices being Conservative, Labour, Lib Dem or […]
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Ukippers are voting on a new logo
Ah… the rebrand. So in political news, UKIP is allowing its members to vote on new branding for the party and the choice is between a logo which features a lion and one that features two stripes – one in purple, the other in yellow. Both offer the slogan “for the nation”. The two new logo […]
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Who is Anne Marie Waters the UKIP leadership hopeful?
Annie Marie Waters is in a battle to become the next leader of the UK Independence Party. Annie Marie Waters is a contender for the next leader of UKIP. She’s been campaigning on an anti-Sharia law stance and was involved in Bristol’s recent, Gays Against Sharia demonstration. She’s currently bookies favourite to win the leadership […]
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How gay friendly is Paul Nuttall’s UKIP manifesto?
UKIP has just released its GE2017 manifesto, so we’re delved into the paperwork to find out what UKIP have promised and pledged to the LGBT+ community of the United Kingdom. In the manifesto, the term LGBT was mentioned once, in which Flo Lewis, the party’s LGBT chair, said, “Those of us who identify as lesbian, […]
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How LGBT friendly are the major political parties’ manifestos?
How do the major parties compare on LGBT+ manifesto pledges? We have divided the main issues into six sections: Education: specific classes and lessons in sex and relationship education and a commitment to tackle bullying. Crime: a specific look into tackling hate crime on the basis of sexual/gender orientation. Better support for domestic violence victims […]
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THE BIG GAY ELECTION | Weekly Roundup, All Politics is Local
The general election is a month away from today, but the big news last week was the already-scheduled local elections which took place throughout the country on Thursday. The Tories, rather predictably, swept the local councils. Meanwhile, there hasn’t been this much Labour shock and pain since Sonia Fowler unexpectedly gave birth on EastEnders. The […]
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UKIP candidate: “I don’t want any LGBT community”
Ever heard of Gisela Allen? Probably not. This morning, however, she became a viral internet sensation after a weird diatribe of what she wants and doesn’t want for her country, appeared in her local paper. Gisela Allen is a UKIP candidate for a council seat in Garscadden/Scotstounhill, Scotland. After being asked by a reporter, “Why do you want to […]
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UKIP leader Paul Nuttall condemns the Chechen treatment of gay men
UKIP’s leader Paul Nuttall has strongly condemned the persecution of gay men in Chechnya. Paul Nuttall, the UKIP leader has today strongly condemned the actions of Chechen authorities and the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, after over a hundred gay men were round up, detained and tortured in what some media outlets termed, “concentration camps”. Paul […]
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Paul Nuttall pulls site down for maintenance, Google has a cache of his thoughts on equality
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall’s official website is a treasure trove of his personal thoughts – especially what he thinks about political correctness – or as we like to call it, equality. You may remember that in 2011 two Christian hoteliers, Peter and Rosemary Bull lost their court case after refusing to allow two gay men […]
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PETER WHITTLE | I Have Never Come Across Homophobia In UKIP
London’s only gay mayoral candidate has said that he has never come across homophobic in his party, UKIP. Openly gay London mayoral candidate Peter Whittle has told London Live that he’s never heard homophobia in UKIP – despite Councillor David Silvester infamously suggesting that bad weather in the UK was being caused by gay marriage and candidate […]