English Democrats back ‘too many gay MPs’ comments candidate

A candidate for the European elections has said there are "far too many" gay people in Parliament.

Julia Gasper, of the English Democrats, said there seemed to be “hundreds of them, all in important positions and giving each other favours”.

The candidate, who is standing in South East England, called this a “violation of democracy”.

The party backed Dr Gasper, saying she was expressing a personal opinion but was “factually correct”.

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