With only a couple of days to go until the general election, it’s clear that David Cameron has almost completely failed in his attempt to get gay and lesbian voters under his big umbrella.
In fact, support for the Conservatives under David Cameron has almost melted away in recent months. A properly conducted poll at the beginning of the campaign by Pink News showed gay support for the Conservatives at only 9%. That is actually worse than the 17% shown in a comparable poll at the 2005 election.
And yet Cameron has made some serious efforts to speak to the gay community, giving interviews to the gay media, and making a lot of the right noises. He has created an environment in which, clearly, gay MPs of his party are comfortable about being open. He has committed a Conservative government to preserving the equality rights established in the last ten years. What has gone wrong?
Full Story from The Independent
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