Conservatives not honourable
There is nothing honourable about Conservative MPs, representing Leicestershire constituencies, voting against legalisation of gay marriage, as stated by Francisca Martinez ("Losers here will be the children," Mailbox, February 12).
David Cameron, to his credit, has been trying for some time to rid the Conservatives of their wholly-deserved image as "the nasty party", referred to some years ago by the present Home Secretary.
What MPs who voted against gay marriage have clearly shown is the bigoted, outdated views held by many in the Conservative party still reach quite high up.
It is for this reason, more than any other, that the Tories have failed to win an overall majority of seats in Parliament for more than 20 years and, thankfully, why they are exceedingly unlikely to win such a majority in 2015.
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Of course, when laws are changed, the legislative body concerned is confirming that views held in the past were wrong.
When Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty, it was clearly stating that hanging was wrong. When Abraham Lincoln got rid of slavery, he was clearly stating slavery was wrong.
His country and many others are now declaring discrimination against gay people is wrong.
Parliament is to be congratulated on bringing this discrimination to an end.
Graham Howard, Leicester.
Thanks to King Richard III, visitors are pouring into the city, while more are expected when the visitor centre is completed.
Our hospitality industry is confident of a boom time, but I'm very much afraid our visitors will go home disappointed at the way our city looks.
How come? The answer can be seen in our litter-strewn streets.
However hard our valiant team of street cleaners may work, they are forever one step behind those people who couldn't care less what their city looks like.
So, for the sensible majority, may I plead that you do your bit and bin whatever you can – become a "Womble army" and show Leicester really does care about its appearance.
John Burrows, Humberstone.
10 Comments
by bapcav
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 7:54PM
“lessurstrebor :
And when did I defend ANY politicians ?”
by lessurstrebor
Tuesday, February 26 2013, 1:33PM
“Well Bapcav lets look at the immediate track record of some of our ement representatives!
The Liberal Democrats seem to be a bunch of Liars led by Liars just lately as freely reported in the media.
More recently but alledgedly perverts too!
Reports on MP's and Parties especially around election time have to be treated with a pinch of salt however, some of them don't seem to be helping themselves”
by amoros11
Monday, February 25 2013, 11:07PM
“This legislatiation was passed, but MPS were all expressing a free vote ,allowed by the political system, but the writer is attacking anyone who disagreed with his own views as dishonourable,that itself is bigoted and anti democratic .”
by graydjames
Monday, February 25 2013, 10:01PM
“Bapcav you're wrong about this why don't you just admit it. It's so naive and childish of you just to pick on each left leaning letter that is printed completely ignoring all the right leaning ones. It's a totally pathetic argument with no substance whatsoever.
Also you refuse to address the point that more or less all letters are printed. If it were the case that there are more left leaning letters than right, which I seriously doubt, that would only reflect what it being written and not as you wrongly continue to believe in your fantasies is because of some biased letters page editor.
Change the record for goodness sake and do us all a favour.”
by Eastonian
Monday, February 25 2013, 5:18PM
“Mr Howard is clearly entitled to his opinion but when he resorts to stupid name-calling he belittles his argument and it then becomes a pointless exercise to answer.”
by depreg
Monday, February 25 2013, 5:15PM
“it has been apparent for some time that there are nasty people in all parties. The Labour candidate in the Eastleigh by election praises the Terrorist bombing of a Brighton hotel and wishes we had lost the Falklands war.
Same sex marriage offers nothing more than a civil partnership and is a complete non entity for all but the few who follow the somewhat nasty Stonewall.”
by bikerdan82
Monday, February 25 2013, 2:54PM
“Mr Howard is 100% right, anyone that has an issue with homosexuals is either a bigot or a homophobe, end. of. Any attempt to justify it is foolish.
No one can justify Racism even though it exists, justification of discrimination towards homosexuals, purely because an uneducated minority has a problem with it, isn't justified either!”
by bapcav
Monday, February 25 2013, 11:07AM
“And the left-wingers on this site say there is bias on the Letters Page to the right !
Ha ha ha ha ha !”
by 4_Stroke
Monday, February 25 2013, 10:25AM
“Just more tedious petty political sniping. Throwing in emotive words like "bigot" does not give it any more weight.”
by maxmax16
Monday, February 25 2013, 8:17AM
“so anyone opposed to gay marriage is a raving bigot. typical stupid auguement from people like mr howard. another case of the minority imposing its will on the majority.”