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This week Tom Daley uploaded a touching video to YouTube. He spoke with a slight tremble about just finishing his A levels, losing his father and winning an Olympic medal. What he said next was seriously impressive: ‘come spring this year my life changed, massively … ...

As a party, we should be extremely proud of our record on furthering the rights of LGBT people in the UK – having equalised the age of consent, ripped up the deeply oppressive Section 28 prohibition, introduced civil partnerships, and been instrumental in the...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the passage of Section 28. The then Conservative government used a backdrop of homophobia in much of the press to stir up a spurious campaign against councils involved in promoting equality. It was a terrible time in which...

The latest opinion poll in London shows Boris Johnson’s lead over Ken Livingstone evaporating. In a few months, by banging on about issues that don’t matter much to Londoners, Boris has squandered his eight-point lead. On the key indicator of being ‘in touch’,...