Tory popularity slides amongst LGBT community

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

A new poll conducted by PinkNews.co.uk, Europe’s largest gay news publication, has found that LGBT support for the Tories has fallen by 5% in the past month.

The slide follows David Cameron’s blunder in a TV interview on gay rights, and a secret recording of Chris Grayling in which Grayling said Bed and Breakfasts should have the right to “exclude” gay couples.

PinkNews.co.uk writes:

“Last month, 25% of the LGBT community said that they would vote Conservative at the upcoming general election, the same percentage said they’d back the Liberal Democrats and 28% said they’d vote Labour. This month, just a day before a general election is expected to be called, counting only the votes of those that had taken part in the March poll, 20% of the LGBT community have said that they will back the Conservatives, a fall of 5%. Support for Labour remains unchanged at 28%, while support for the Liberal Democrats has increased by 5% to 29%. Last June, prior to an alliance with anti-gay parties within the European Parliament, the Conservative party enjoyed the support of almost 40% of our readers.”

Read more at PinkNews.co.uk.