In May 2010, the United Kingdom is expected to go to the polls. While the Conservatives seem set to regain power after thirteen years in the wilderness, what do Labour and the Liberal Democrats have to offer UK LGBT voters?
Gay UK
journalist Johann Hari asked both Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat leader) and
Prime Minister Gordon Brown about their respective stances on LGBT politics in
successive issues of Attitude magazine.
As for
Prime Minister Brown, he faces a particular challenge from the strongest
Conservative leader in over thirteen years, as well as incumbency fatigue,
given his party's longevity and internal dissension over his tenure as leader,
and the quagmire of Anglo-American involvement in the Iraqi War. However, he's
campaigning on his party's admittedly positive overall reformist record on LGBT
issues.
Recommended:
Johann Hari: "Love Me, I'm Liberal" Attitude 188 (February
2010).