Barking and Dagenham Councillor Liam Smith, Deputy Leader of the Labour Group, is said to have said to a political rival's mother 'shut up you fucking fat dyke' and 'go back to the farmyard'

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PinkNews.co.uk has learnt that Gavin Hayes, the general secretary of left-leaning pressure group Compass, is being touted as a more viable challenger to Ms Hoey.

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Welcome news for LGBT Labour and CLPs like Brighton Kemptown who have been campaigning for incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexuality a crime.

Boris tells PinkNews he's pro-gay, voted for civil partnerships and comes close to endorsing polygamy

Andrew Boff may be the only serious challenger to Boris Johnson and a gay candidate would add an interesting element to the primary- there's over a million LGBT Londoners to reach.

Pink News has published a polling analysis of the Prime Minister's 'legacy' on gay rights, which makes interesting reading.

It's now very late (4.30am after hours of blogging) so I'll just mention Peter Hain as the funniest turn of the evening.

Peter said, "As the Northern Ireland Secretary, Rev Ian Paisley has asked that I send his solidarity - and as a member of the Cabinet, Ruth Kelly sends her apologies"

The event took place in the AXM bar on Manchester's Canal Street.

Here are the pics!