SENIOR Conservatives, led by William Hague, the Tory leader, have backed Michael Portillo's bid to stand again for parliament after he admitted to several gay encounters at university. Mr Hague smoothed the way for Mr Portillo, who yesterday formally put himself forward for selection as a candidate in the Kensington and Chelsea by-election, by declaring: "We want him back in the House of Commons." The Tory leader's endorsement...
GREG Nesbett says he never spoke about having gay sex with Simon Hughes until the Lib- Dem MP admitted he was gay as he didn't want to hurt his career.No worries there now as any damage is all of Hughes's own making. With a past including sordid casual sex of the kind Greg described, Hughes must have known that standing as Lib-Dem leader would raise his profile and lead to his previous gay encounters becoming public knowledge Human nature being what it is, the...
It is a shame that the Corporation of London didn't seek out sponsorship for its many amenities before starting its review of what it should cut to meet its overspend.I don't want to see a restriction of use of the bathing-ponds, a loss of the information service or a closure of the children's zoo at Golders Hill Park. Indeed, I've set up a petition on the internet for people to sign to show support for the children's zoo, which...
When "Savage Nights" opened in Europe 18 months ago, it focused attention on the AIDS epidemic and its sufferers. But, unlike "Philadelphia," it was not designed for this purpose. That lack of "packaging" is the best part about this provocative but ultimately disappointing film by the late writer-director-star Cyril Collard. Collard, adapting his own autobiographical novel, plays Jean, a 30-year-old bisexual cameraman...
Rock Hudson ABC Tonight, 9 EST/PST Despite a notably frank (for commercial TV) approach to its homosexual subject matter, Rock Hudson, the TV movie, can't claim an iota of the significance Rock Hudson the star had in life and especially in death. His succumbing to AIDS was a watershed event in the USA's recognition of the disease, but the moviemakers place just as much import on the fact that he kept the bad news hidden from his then-consort Marc Christian, an...