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Elton John and Ian McKellen lead backlash over Braverman’s call to crack down on gay asylum seekers

www.independent.co.uk Sir Elton John ‘very concerned’ over Braverman’s comments about LGBT refugees

Suella Braverman said that offering asylum to a person discriminated against in their home country for being gay or a woman was not sustainable.

Sir Elton John ‘very concerned’ over Braverman’s comments about LGBT refugees

Question for the UK LGBT community: This article makes it sound like the pink vote is significant to the Tories. As an American, I’m having a really hard time imagining how that comes about. I’d accuse it of being slanted, but it quotes a number of Tory MPs who are publicly and strongly criticizing the statement.

In the US, the LGBT vote is pretty overwhelmingly Democratic. There’s a small group that support republicans, but it’s very rare - to the point it’s something worthy of notice and a point of contention.

So, is the portrayal in this article accurate? What are the politics over there? I’ve been active politically since the days of ACT UP, so I know what things are like over here, but I’m completely stunned by what they’re presenting about the political alignment over there.

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