He made the following comment:
[The public] should be allowed to know everything, except the nature of private relationships - unless there is hypocrisy, like some Tory MP denouncing homosexuality while they are indulging in it...
Well, the Labour ones have all come out . . . As soon as Blair got in, if you came out as lesbian or gay you immediately got a job. It was wonderful . . . you just knew the Tory party was riddled with it like everywhere else is.
There are two problems with the second comment.
The first is that it creates the idea that LGBT Labour ministers only got their jobs because they are LGBT, which is crap. I don't know if Ken meant this, but many people who read this comments will think that he did, and some will believe it.
The second is the phrase "riddled with it" implying there is something negative about a political party full of LGBT people.
I don't think Ken Livingstone meant to imply this. But he should choose his words more carefully.
Also, if Ken doesn't want to be seen as a homophobe, he shouldn't spend time in the company of homophobes like Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
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