So much for a blue-on-blue ceasefire. The Conservative party conference is inching towards its close but not without some penultimate day drama. The Tory London Assembly chair was this afternoon dramatically escorted out of Suella Braverman’s speech today after heckling her comments on gender. After quietly remarking that the Home Secretary was talking ‘trash’ about ‘gender ideology’, Andrew Boff was forcibly dragged out of the hall in Manchester.
Speaking to reporters as he was led away, Boff said: ‘It is making our Conservative party look transphobic and homophobic. Our party has a proud record of standing up for LGBT+ rights and she is destroying it.’ He said he had been a member of the party for over 50 years and was a ‘proud member’. It’s all somewhat awkward given Boff’s standing and the fact that tonight is the LGBT Tory disco, usually attended by both MPs and ministers.
Sounds like Suella won’t be in attendance…
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