Holidays and arms deals with Brunei don’t trump gay people’s right to exist | Owen Jones

Fine words on LGBT equality from the government cost nothing – only real economic action will make a difference

Gay lives either matter, or they don’t. Declaring that you support LGBTQ rights is cost-free; so is wrapping yourself in the rainbow flag, smiling at a same-sex couple publicly holding hands with that “Good for you” look in your eyes, or waving on a Pride parade with your kids. But what happens when a dictatorship allied to Britain, and linked to the British establishment, announces that it will stone gay people to death and torture lesbians?

A protest outside the Dorchester on Saturday should be well-attended: it will shame and embarrass this grubby regime

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