UK: European Elections and the UK Gay, Transgender Voter

[Natasha]

UK: European Elections and the UK Gay, Transgender Voter

http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/09/May/3101.htm
5/31/09

Unfortunately, the European Parliament elections come at a time when the UK is all abuzz with the expenses furore at the Westminster Parliament.  This will inevitably mean that this week's EP elections in the UK (on Thursday) will more than likely be a referendum on the British Government's handling of the matter – and of what the electorate think of the 'big three' parties and their MPs in Westminster.

This is a pity as two of the 'big three' UK political parties, Labour and Liberal Democrat, have generally served the LGBT interests well in the European Parliament, just as they have at Westminster – that is apart from Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and the questions over some high-profile deportations of gays seeking refuge in UK from tyrannical countries.