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Bumboys, hot totty and piccaninnies: Boris Johnson’s long record of sexist, homophobic and racist comments

From Business Insider: In 1996, while a journalist for the Telegraph, Boris Johnson went to the Labour conference and wrote a piece reviewing the quality of “the hot totty” who were present.

“The unanimous opinion is that what has been called the ‘Tottymeter’ reading is higher than at any Labour Party conference in living memory,” he wrote.

He added that: “Time and again the ‘Tottymeter’ has gone off as a young woman delegate mounts the rostrum.”

He concluded that the real reason women are turning to Labour is because of their natural “fickleness.”

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Boris Johnson’s sexist and homophobic articles about ‘hot totty’ and ‘tank-topped bumboys’ revealed

From Business Insider: Boris Johnson’s journalistic archive reveals deeply questionable views about women and gay people.

Johnson this week defended the government’s new universities adviser Toby Young despite his comments about women, praising his “caustic wit.”

However, Johnson advised his successor at the Spectator to “pat [a female colleague] on the bottom and send her on her way,” and once suggested women only went to university to find “men to marry.”

He wrote an article mocking “tank topped bumboys” and compared gay marriage to bestiality.

Labour says Johnson’s record makes him ‘unfit’ for the job.

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Tory MP says a memorial to men who were executed for being gay is “totally inappropriate”

From Evolve Politics: A Conservative MP has described a memorial for people who were executed for being gay as ‘totally inappropriate’.

Andrew Bridgen, Tory MP for North West Leicestershire, lashed out after the exhibit was unveiled by the National Trust at Kingston Lacy house in Dorset earlier this week.

The memorial was inspired by the tragic life of the former owner of the National Trust property, British explorer and former Tory MP William John Bankes – a man who was forced to flee the country after authorities discovered he was gay. Read more

Jacob Rees-Mogg opposed to same-sex marriage and abortion – even after rape

From The Guardian: Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative grassroots’ favoured candidate to succeed Theresa May, has said he is against same-sex marriage and opposes abortion even in cases of rape.

Rees-Mogg, who is a father of six, said he was “completely opposed to abortion” and said he believed life began at the point of conception. “With same-sex marriage, that is something that people are doing for themselves. With abortion, that is what people are doing to the unborn child,” he said.

Asked whether he would be against terminations in all circumstances including rape, he replied: “Afraid so.”

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Tory MP drops out of election after telling pupils ‘homosexuality is wrong’

From The Guardian: A long-serving Conservative MP has said he will not stand in the general election, just hours after A-level students revealed he had told them that he believed “homosexuality is wrong” and “dangerous to society”.

Andrew Turner, who has represented the Isle of Wight since 2001, made the comments during a question and answer session at Christ the King College in Newport. One student describing herself as a “passionate campaigner for LGBT rights” asked her local MP if he was involved in the Isle of Wight’s first ever Pride event.

In a post on Facebook, Esther Poucher said she was shocked to the point of outrage by Turner’s response. “He told us that he’d been invited, but wasn’t intending to go. This is because (and this is a direct quote) he thinks that homosexuality is ‘wrong’ and “dangerous to society’,” she wrote.

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Adam Afriyie: Tory Party should apologise for same-sex marriage

From Pink News: Tory MP Adam Afriyie has called in an article for the party to reconnect with traditional Conservative voters who feel alienated by same-sex marriage.

Afriyie wrote: “Many of our core supporters feel alienated and disillusioned. The party establishment must reconnect with these supporters. And this will probably mean a swallowing of pride with a sincere apology for the way gay marriage was introduced.

“Then I’m hopeful we’ll stand a better chance of winning people’s trust, especially if we have some undeniably conservative policies in our manifesto.”

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