Gay Conservative MPs Alan Duncan and Nick Herbert will not attend London Pride today. Instead, shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt, who is not even gay, will attend in their place. He is to make a speech at Trafalgar Square this afternoon. Duncan, who yesterday called Labour accusations of homophobia "a sick scare story", told PinkNews.co.uk he was busy with constituency events. Herbert, the shadow environment secretary, is also understood to be missing the parade. Gregory Barker, the openly gay Tory MP for Bexhill and Battle, could not be contacted. This week, Labour politicians launched an extraordinary attack on the Conservative Party, accusing it of being rife with...
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