'Turing Bill' for gay pardons fails in Parliament

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Re: 'Turing Bill' for gay pardons fails in Parliament

Post by Strontium Dog » Sat Oct 22, 2016 2:46 pm

You know it does, so why ask the question? Silly boy.
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Re: 'Turing Bill' for gay pardons fails in Parliament

Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:13 pm

Strontium Dog wrote:
Brian Peacock wrote:'Shame' and 'Shameful' indeed. So does the government of the party that gave LGBT couples civil and legal equality want to claim credit for this at a later date--closer to election time--or is it that, as I suspect, a swathe of Tory backbenchers are not happy with the proposal?
I think you'll find that that government contained more than one party :tea:
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Re: 'Turing Bill' for gay pardons fails in Parliament

Post by JimC » Sat Oct 22, 2016 8:52 pm

Strontium Dog wrote:You know it does, so why ask the question? Silly boy.
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