Conservative Councillor James Malliff is in trouble with his party after attacking David Cameron’s support for gay marriage, saying that you “may as well legalise marriage with animals”. The Conservative Party says that action is being taken against him for “completely unacceptable” language.
But wait, rummage through your political memories and recall this?
If gay marriage was OK – and I was uncertain on the issue – then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men, or indeed three men and a dog.
That would be one Mr B. Johnson, subsequently twice appointed to the Conservative front bench and twice selected to fight the Mayor of London elections. Perhaps Cllr Malliff had viewed animal comments as a route to Conservative party favour and success?
Hat-tip: @neilrfoster
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