The Tory shadow home secretary Chris Grayling has been recorded suggesting 'people who run bed and breakfasts in their homes should have the right to reject homosexual guests'.
Rejection of gay guests at his B & B was, of course, the key piece of bigotry that cost Adrian Watson his nomination as UCUNF candidate for South Antrim (his anti-Irishness is apparently much more acceptable in UCUNF circles).
But now it seems that the English Tories are moving towards Watson’s position. Will this lead to Watson getting his candidacy after all?
The Adrian Watson Show is one of the most fascinating episodes in the UCUNF story, and its outcome may well demonstrate whether the project is serious in its claim to offer ‘new’ politics in Northern Ireland. Watson, on several levels, represents the ‘old’ unionist politics – anti-Irish, anti-gay, socially conservative – and if he succeeds in getting the nomination, or even the seat itself, it will show UCUNF to be no improvement on what went before.
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Well done Watson for standing up for his beliefs.
If only other Christians were strong enough to do so the better
One law for Chris Grayling the English Tory another for Adrian Watson the Ulster Unionist. Even Mick Fealty says UCUNF is all over the place. And the General Election could be called tomorrow.
hoboroad,
I think Fealty must be glad he resisted the Tories temptation, for now. I still believe we'll see him as a Tory/UCUNF candidate before too long, though.
I still would not rule out Mick Fealty for South Antrim or Reg Empey. It will be odd having a General Election with one of the party leaders not putting himself in front of the voters. Maybe Reg Empey has plans to spend more time with his lawyers after Mr Robinsons outburst on the BBC the other night.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geraldwarner/100032653/chris-grayling-lifts-the-stone-beneath-which-cameronian-organisms-swarm/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/04/grayling-real-tories-image-homophobic
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/04/04/david-cameron-s-mp-candidate-s-list-has-21-eton-old-boys-on-it-115875-22160205/
Horseman,
That's if they still exist!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-365547/Cameron-campaign-chief-cocaine-pictures.html
http://www.thediaryofananarchist.com/2008/01/cocaine-snortingallegedly-bilderberg.html
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