Simon Hughes, looking like a dead cert to be Lib Dem Deputy Leader, wants presumably the backbench section of his party to appoint Shadows, as if in Opposition. At least that would be some use to which to put the Short Money. Could Tory backbenchers secure some if they decided to do the same, perhaps through the 1922 Committee?
Meanwhile, with Labour back as the Official Opposition, Shadow Cabinet elections will be held in the near future. Oh, what fun...
But can we please discard the ridiculous slur that Hughes ran a "homophobic" campaign against Peter Tatchell? The use of "straight" to mean "heterosexual" only passed into mainstream usage well within my recollection. Until long after Hughes thankfully kept that vile man out of Parliament, its only colloquial meaning, at least to anyone outside certain homosexual subcultures, was "honest".
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