All socio-political phenomena in the U.K. come laden with the baggage …

Evan Davis
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All socio-political phenomena in the U.K. come laden with the baggage of a class-based theory or two attached to them. In the case of gay Tories, there is one particularly silly variant of the category, which asserts that gayness is bred in public schools and thus fits with Conservatism like hand in glove. ✨ Glad to be gay, glad to be Tory by Evan Davis, www.theguardian.com. April 20, 2012.
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