‘Crisis’ for Cameron as gay marriage row aids Tory defeat
The controversial push to redefine marriage is one of the reasons the Conservatives came third in yesterday’s important by-election, critics say.
Same-sex marriage is ‘drastically unpopular’ with activists and supporters, “who have been less inclined to get out and campaign on the streets because of it”, one Tory MP said.
And the result – which saw UKIP beat the Tories into third – was described as a “humiliating defeat for David Cameron’s ‘modernising’ agenda”, by one commentator.