David Cameron is backing down over his gay marriage plans. He's finally understood that his party views this issue as a matter of conscience, not a matter of course. But even though the penny's dropped about Tory hostility to these plans – and we're talking some senior Tory ministers, like Owen Paterson and Philip Hammond – I believe the PM and his inner circle still haven't grasped the enormity of their mistake in pushing a change in the marriage law.
In the News
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May 24th, 2012
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May 24th, 2012
Jane Ellison MP argues for gay people’s right to be ‘married’, not just ‘civilly partnered’, while Peter Bone MP believes marriage should only be for a man and a woman
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May 24th, 2012
Gay rights campaigners have slammed Secretary of State Owen Paterson's opposition to same-sex marriage. Mr Paterson is the first cabinet member to pronounce himself against government moves to change the law.
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May 24th, 2012
The English organizers of a conference dedicated to the defense of traditional marriage have been abruptly informed that they cannot hold their event in a government-owned facility.
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May 24th, 2012
A doctor who botched a patient's abortion has been ordered to pay for the child's upkeep till he is 25. A Spanish judge ordered the unnamed gynecologist to pay £780 a month maintenance to the boy's mum after he bungled a termination at a clinic in Majorca.
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May 23rd, 2012
Bishop Tom Williams, auxiliary bishop of Liverpool, has criticised draft guidance by the General Medical Council (GMC) on the role of belief in medical practice.
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May 23rd, 2012
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists says one in three women will have had an abortion by the age of 45.
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May 23rd, 2012
Doctors could be struck off for refusing to give contraceptive pills to women who aren’t married. New guidelines from the General Medical Council state that it would be ‘discriminatory’ for doctors not to prescribe either the Pill or morning-after pill just because they don’t believe in sex outside marriage.
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May 23rd, 2012
As Europe waits to see if the euro is about to unravel, and as the UK government struggles to agree on any radical action to energise its own fragile economy, there is an air of unreality in the political news cycle.
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May 23rd, 2012
Nick Clegg has given a firm promise that the Government will bring in a law to allow gay marriage despite a growing campaign to derail it by Conservative MPs.