Ben Bradshaw and Chris Bryant lose out on Shadow Cabinet places – but Angela...
The results of the shadow cabinet elections were published last night, revealing that three of the Labour’s best-known out gay MPs did not make the final cut. Ben Bradshaw, Chris Bryant and Stephen...
View ArticleAngela Eagle and Stephen Twigg in shadow cabinet
Angela Eagle, the only out lesbian Labour MP, has been handed the job of shadow leader of the House of Commons. The Wallasey MP was moved from shadow chief secretary to the Treasury in today’s...
View ArticleStephen Twigg, first openly gay man to be elected as an MP comes @Out4Marriage
Stephen Twigg, the first openly gay man to be elected to the UK’s House of Commons, has declared his support for marriage equality in the Out4Marriage campaign. Mr Twigg, the shadow education...
View ArticleExclusive: Labour MPs threaten to resign over same-sex marriage vote
PinkNews.co.uk has learnt that Labour’s decision to grant its backbenchers a free vote on equal marriage caused a major rift in the shadow cabinet with deputy leader Harriet Harman amongst those...
View ArticleLabour’s Stephen Twigg’s nose raises questions of its own on Question Time
The Labour shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg appeared on Question Time last night, and despite tackling some heavy topics it was his nose which caused the biggest fuss, because of a mark caused...
View ArticleBHA identifies 45 schools that continue to have Section 28-like policies
The British Humanist Association (BHA) says it has identified at least 45 schools that either replicate language banning the “promotion” of homosexuality in the classroom or are “unhelpfully vague on...
View ArticleGay Labour MP Stephen Twigg sacked as Shadow Education Secretary
Stephen Twigg, one of the country’s most senior gay politicians, has been sacked in today’s reshuffle of Labour’s Shadow Cabinet – and replaced by Tristram Hunt. The West Derby MP had long been...
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Gay MPs Crispin Blunt and Stephen Twigg to chair Parliamentary committees
Out MPs Crispin Blunt and Stephen Twigg have been elected as the chairs of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and International Development committees. Select Committees provide important oversight and...
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