Gay leader Leo Varadkar and his centre-right Fine Gael party have come in third place in the Irish general election behind Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin. Rival centre-right party Fianna Fáil came out with a narrow majority of 38 seats in the 160 seat Dáil. They are closely followed by left-wing Sinn Féin at 37,
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Someone practically did the lord’s work by surveying London-based Grindr users their voting intention, and they’re exactly what you would expect. (Tom Court) In the only poll that matters during the UK’s third general election in five years, 77 per cent of London-based Grindr users intended to vote for the Labour Party today. They might
Jeremy Corbyn has accused Boris Johnson of putting the NHS ‘up for sale.’ (Getty) Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that a Conservative government would put the NHS “up for sale” in order to strike a US trade deal, resulting in higher drug prices. At a press conference on Wednesday, November 27, the Labour leader brandished a
Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson launches the Liberal Democrat election manifesto (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) The Liberal Democrat manifesto includes high-profile pledges on LGBT+ issues. Released on Wednesday ahead of December’s snap election, the Lib Dem manifesto calls for the completion of long-stalled efforts to reform the Gender Recognition Act to make it easier for trans
Ahead of the general election, the Liberal Democrat party have pledged to prioritise LGBT+ asylum seekers. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images) The Liberal Democrat Party have announced plans to end the ‘culture of disbelief’ pervading the UK Home Office which stonewalls some LGBT+ asylum seekers from the country. Countless testimonies from asylum seekers and their legal aids