David Cameron splits the Tories
THE gay marriage debate got under way in the Commons yesterday.
Despite ministers boasting of a “quadruple lock” to protect religious denominations and ministers who wish to have nothing to do with it, there can be no guarantee that the European Court of Human Rights will not interfere.
How David Cameron can think this makes political sense is beyond comprehension
Labour and the Liberal Democrats – both these days overwhelmingly secular parties – were united in favour of the policy.
Instead it was the Conservatives whose divisions were on display and whose supporters now face being caricatured as bigoted and meanspirited.
How David Cameron can think this makes political sense is beyond comprehension.