The Conservatives have reacted angrily to claims by two openly gay ministers that many Tory MPs are homophobic. Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw told the BBC News website: "a deep strain of homophobia still exists on the Conservative benches". Foreign office minister Chris Bryant said: "If gays vote Tory they will rue the day very soon." But Alan Duncan, one of two gay shadow cabinet ministers, accused the two men of "stirring up hatred and division". Mr Duncan said: "This is the last gasp of Labour's desperation. Bradshaw and Bryant are simply trying to stir up hatred and division from the last century and it's both unwarranted and unworthy. "It's simply untrue. I believed we had reached the happy point where politics had been taken out of this altogether. But these remarks show that Labour is actually the nasty party." Gay... [read full story]
