@chickyog : Cancelling that RSS feed? I have. Moir 11, torture 0 http://bit.ly/1RZaMi

(1) “My assertion that there was ‘nothing natural’ about Stephen’s death has been wildly misinterpreted. What I meant by ‘nothing natural’ was that the natural duration of his life had been tragically shortened in a way that was shocking and out of the ordinary. Certainly, his death was unusual enough for a coroner to become involved”.

“I would just like to say that whatever did or did not happen in Majorca, a talented young man died before his time. This, of course, is a matter of regret and sadness for us all”.

Really?

“The sugar coating on this fatality is so saccharine-thick that it obscures whatever bitter truth lies beneath. Healthy and fit 33-year-old men do not just climb into their pyjamas and go to sleep on the sofa, never to wake up again. Whatever the cause of death is, it is not, by any yardstick, a natural one. Let us be absolutely clear about this. All that has been established so far is that Stephen Gately was not murdered”.

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(2) “The point of my observation that there was a ‘happy ever after myth’ surrounding such unions was that they can be just as problematic as heterosexual marriages”.

She challenged gay activists’ equation between civil partnerships and heterosexual marriage: that was why she mentioned heterosexual marriage.

“Another real sadness about Gately’s death is that it strikes another blow to the happy-ever-after myth of civil partnerships. Gay activists are always calling for tolerance and understanding about same-sex relationships, arguing that they are just the same as heterosexual marriages. Not everyone, they say, is like George Michael. Of course, in many cases this may be true. Yet the recent death of Kevin McGee, the former husband of Little Britain star Matt Lucas, and now the dubious events of Gately’s last night raise troubling questions about what happened”

(3) “I would stress that there was nothing in my article that could not be applied to a heterosexual couple as well as to a homosexual one”.

The Kevin McGee/Matt Lucas reference clearly fails that one.

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“Anyone who knows me will vouch that I have never held such poisonous views … Or was it a failure of communication on my part?”

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To say it was a hysterical overreaction would be putting it mildly, though clearly much of it was an orchestrated campaign by pressure groups and those with agendas of their own.

From the paper specialising in hysterical overreactions based on orchestrated campaigns by pressure groups with agendas of their own (such as MigrationWatch), that’s pretty fucking rich.

Arrogant, posionous, deceptive and devious. And she denies things she said in the past. Hang on…who does Moir remind me of?
Maybe she should be the next ‘controversial’ guest on Question Time?

Re “Jan Moir issues half-apology”

That’s only half right.

May I second Dunc’s comment?

This is a vile episode, will the PCC actually do owt about it though?

To write half an apology is even more insulting.

‘From the paper specialising in hysterical overreactions based on orchestrated campaigns by pressure groups with agendas of their own (such as MigrationWatch), that’s pretty fucking rich.’

Damn straight. Lets see if the Mail jumps to the defence of the next radio presenter who makes a dick of himself.

Either she apologised or she didn’t. Saying “but I have some gay friends” and repeating what she said in the first place does not constitute an apology.

It’s not even half an apology – it’s an apology of convienience.