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'

 More at PinkNews

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.

PinkNews has obtained the breakdown of votes casted by Labour Campaign for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights-LGBT Labour (one of the affiliated Socialist Societies) members in the Deputy Leadership contest.