Given that the UK Labour Party has just elected a new leader that the media continues to describe as ‘Left-wing’, it seems timely to re-visit the media coverage of the Labour Party’s ‘Left wing’ back in the 1980s. In those … Continue reading →
Despite becoming one of the most celebrated homosexuals on both sides of the Atlantic, Quentin Crisp was no advocate of LGBT rights. Quite the opposite: he built an entire image as the self-hating outcast. Like a naughty child he sought … Continue reading →
In 1983, Peter Tatchell stood as the democratically selected Labour Party candidate for the London seat of Bermondsey. The seat had been a safe Labour seat for decades with the Party usually taking some 60% of the vote. But the … Continue reading →
“I was by far the most popular candidate at the start of the election campaign, yet lost heavily on polling day.” So said Peter Tatchell, in an article written for Capital Gay, ten years after the infamous Bermondsey by-election in … Continue reading →
I was still a member of the Labour Party when I moved to Nottingham in 1980. It seemed like a good idea at the time! But any hopes of political activity were soon washed away by the mind-numbing blandness of … Continue reading →