Britain has the gayest parliament

[MKR&*42]

Hope the title didn't fool you

The House of Commons has more gay MPs than any other parliament in the world, it has been found.

There are now 32 openly gay, lesbian and bisexual MPs - far higher than in Sweden and Holland, countries known for having a liberal attitude to gay rights.

The number is up from 26 in the last parliament but means just under five per cent of all members are gay, still below the national average.

According to analysis by the political magazine New Statesman 13 are Labour MPs, 12 are Conservatives and seven represent the SNP. However all four gay and bisexual Liberal Democrat MPs lost their seats.

A total of 155 gay candidates stood at this year’s election, the magazine found. The Tories stood more gay candidates than any other party.

It also was found that the SNP parliamentary party is now 12.5 per cent gay, lesbian and bisexual – the highest proportion of any party in the world.

I actually found it quite surprising we have a higher amount than countries such as Sweden and Holland. As always, people should be elected based on merit not race/sex/sexuality etc. but this is mildly impressive.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...the-world.html

[Futz]

i love the title of this thread

[Kyle]

that's SO gay

[FlyingJesus]

How would the title fool me when it's exactly what it implies ;| -rep
Interesting stats though, didn't realise the number was quite that high

[AgnesIO]

Title is exactly what I expected?

Pretty shocked, also wrong that 5% of our MP's are gay, no?

[Joe]

literally the gayest thing i've read

[-:Undertaker:-]

Interesting that as parliament becomes more 'diverseeeeeeeeeee' it is also becoming more of the same when it comes to opinion and political differences.

The gayest parliament and the most out of touch parliament in the world.

[MKR&*42]

How would the title fool me when it's exactly what it implies ;| -rep

'Cause some people use gayest as a synonym for worst!!

Sorry for being so common :-|||||||||||||||||||

[buttons]

did anyone see on TV, idk if it was Question Time or what but it was after the election results, some girl was like "I'M A WOMAN, I'M WORKING CLASS, I'M PART OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY AND I'VE GOT NO ONE TO REPRESENT ME!!!" so when i saw that i was like lol cause that idiot clearly just wanted to get on her soapbox without having actually done any research.

anyway i'm all 3 that she said, female, working class, bisexual and i don't care about whether they are LIKE me, only that they have the countries best interests at heart. just cause you're lgbt or working class, doesn't mean you gunna make the right decisions lol

[Earthquake]

all down to political correctness.