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30 July 2007

Duncan slams Lib Dems in gay rights row

Alan Duncan says the Lib Dems should "eat their words" after criticising the Tories' voting record o

By Matthew Holehouse

Alan Duncan, the first openly gay Conservative MP, has branded the Liberal Democrats “shits” after the party launched an attack on the Conservatives’ failure to support gay rights.

Lib Dems equality spokesperson Jo Swinson last week released a compilation of members of the shadow Cabinet’s voting history since 1998.

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