CHARLIE CONDOU - No.786

PRINCE GEORGE ALEXANDER LOUIS CAMBRIDGE

Charliecondou: Does anyone know what's happening with the Royal baby? Its just that I haven't heard anything since the naming and Im getting really worried

Gatz77: @Charliecondou I think Simon Cowell has approached him to be a judge on X Factor.

iamandyreid: @Charliecondou Don't worry, the suns out. oh no it's gone in again. looks like it might rain.....plenty going on. #weathernews

tamsbird: @Charliecondou Prince George is on his first holidays all ready....  # lifeofriley

BrianJenkins8: @Charliecondou Not really... but i think hes on lorraine tomorrow book and dvd to plug!!

OneEyedSarah: @Charliecondou I miss the Lindo Wing door #hospitalupdates

dappydebbie: “@OK_Magazine: Royal baby christening plans revealed! Full details: http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/view/65961/Kate-Middleton-and-Prince-William-to-opt-for-private-Royal-christening-/” @Charliecondou does this help lol

Charliecondou: RT @jonronson: @Charliecondou I'm still pissed off that they named him after Louis Theroux. I can't get a break in this town!

vicb1970: @Charliecondou they've taken him to Asda to endorse the clothing range

Charliecondou: RT @JessHelicopter: @Charliecondou come off it Charlie, we all know the focus had now shifted to Kate's post baby body analysis! Keep up!

ChasCondouBlog: Gotta know what it's like first ... before you can reign over them #minions


DO YOU WANT TO MAKE IT BIG IN THE MOVIES

Charliecondou: So @SquarePegMedia are making a film! Looking for gay dads to take part. 2-3 hours filming. Casual chat. Msg: paul@violetproductions.com

21ST SEPTEMBER WITH CHAS AND SOPH

LWCLondon: The #LWC can't wait for the #AlternativeParentingShow on 21st Sept at Covent Garden! With @Charliecondou & @sophieannaward #excited!

'VLAD THE IMPALER'

AND HIS
BIG GAY RUSSIAN SUMMER

studentbeans: @Charliecondou Check out Vladimir Putin's guide to a Big Gay Summer. Phwoar! http://ow.ly/njHSM

YOU COME FROM ENGLAND YOU MUST KNOW HIM

kundalinicowgrl: @Charliecondou Recent guest on our Vancouver Coop Radio show Wax Poetic was RobbieChops. He did "Walking the Dog" event in London.Know him?

Charliecondou: @kundalinicowgrl nope, fraid not x

kundalinicowgrl: @Charliecondou Maybe silly to ask as I know it's a gigantic city, but his humour reminded me of you.  Miss you both.

Charliecondou: @kundalinicowgrl likewise Pammy-cakes! Sending big love x

DISPATCHES REPORT IGNORED
GEORGE OSBORNE HAS ALLEGEDLY TWEETED PRODUCT NAMES LINKED TO COMPANY THAT GAVE DONATION TO PARTY

George_Osborne: Just been to Warburtons bakery in Wednesbury to see the night shift produce the bread that'll be on shelves tomorrow am. #Hardworking people

Charliecondou: RT @Iankershaw: @Channel4 in the light of #Dispatches report on high profile people tweeting products, have you seen @George_Osborne's tweet?

Charliecondou: RT @Iankershaw: @George_Osborne Nice plug in return of their £25,000 donation to your party at the last election! Aren't there rules against advertising?

isleofiona: @Iankershaw @Charliecondou @Channel4 @George_Osborne surely he is just telling us where he is as part of his job. He's not recommending them

Iankershaw: @isleofiona @Charliecondou @Channel4 @George_Osborne 'Warburton's bakery' instead of 'bakery' the Tweet is supposed to be about workers...

PURPLE DOOR PROJECT

Albert Kennedy Trust Patron, Coronation Street star and journalist Charlie Condou says "The AKT already does such incredible work with LGBT youth but the opening of the Purple Door House marks the start of a new and exciting era for us. We are now able to offer young homeless LGBT people immediate refuge, and this is largely down to fundraising and donations. Please continue to support the AKT wherever possible so we see more of these invaluable houses in the future".

If you like to read more go HERE

If you would like to add a #Purple Door Project ribbon to your Twitter avatar go HERE

COMING SOON

CHARLIE CONDOU IN

ALL STAR FAMILY FORTUNES

AN HONOUR AND A PLEASURE

ChasCondouBlog: @Lucy4MEP With pleasure I am letting you know you are currently an item on @Charliecondou's blog - http://charlie-corrie-condou.blogspot.com 

Lucy4MEP: @ChasCondouBlog Thanks very much. I'm honoured!

DINNER FOR ANGELA EAGLE

Charliecondou: @ChrisBryantMP nice to see you and meet your husband the other day x

ChrisBryantMP: @Charliecondou hi there.  Did you go on late?

Charliecondou: @ChrisBryantMP no, we snuck out straight after dinner. Did you?

ChrisBryantMP: @Charliecondou it was soooo hot we had to split in case we melted.

ChrisBryantMP: @Charliecondou incidentally I'm with united agents as well

Charliecondou: @ChrisBryantMP hopefully catch up properly at the next one. Maybe we'll be invited to downing st ;-)

ChrisBryantMP: @Charliecondou ha ha. I don't think the PM likes me....

ChasCondouBlog: @Charliecondou @ChrisBryantMP no chance Charlie - you know too many Australians #PeterTatchell #NoInvite2ndYrInARow

Charliecondou: @ChrisBryantMP who at United? (I can't DM you)

ChrisBryantMP: @Charliecondou Jim Gill.

Prime Minister tells Clare Balding, Alice Arnold at No 10 he is 'very proud' to legalise gay marriage

David Cameron has spoken of his pride at legalising same sex marriage so quickly.

The Prime Minister said he was “very proud” of the achievement at a party for 100 homosexual and lesbian campaigners at 10 Downing Street today. Guests were treated to glasses of wine and Pimm’s, or elderflower for those who were not drinking alcohol. Among the guests were television presenter Clare Balding, and her partner Alice Arnold, a former BBC Radio Four newsreader. The ministerial team who legalised same sex marriage, together with their civil servants, were at the event. During the event Mr Cameron, together with his team of ministers behind the legislation, signed a copy of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.

Ben Summerskill, the head of campaigners Stonewall, told Mr Cameron: “This is something that does not often get said to politicians but thank you very much.” Mr Cameron had told Miss Arnold he was pleased “get it through very quickly because normally legislation takes a lot longer and he was very proud of that”. The plans to legalise same sex marriage were first set out properly the same Downing Street reception a year ago. Miss Arnold added: “Who would have thought that a year later we would be standing here celebrating?” Miss Arnold and Miss Balding are expecting to get married when the law finally allows. Asked when she would “tie the knot”, she said: “I expect so – not soon but we are not able to yet. You can rest assured that whenever [we do] we will keep it will be very quiet.”

Prime Minister David Cameron hosts LGBT reception at 10 Downing Street for fourth time

Wednesday, 24 July, 2013

Copy of speech:

Today, Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron hosted an LGBT reception at 10 Downing Street for the fourth year since becoming Prime Minister. At a gathering of many prominent lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people, including representation from LGBTory, Mr Cameron was celebrating the passing of the Marriage (same sex couples) Act. The Prime Minister's speech at the gathering can be read in full below: "Well, isn’t it lovely to be back here in this sunny garden, a year on from the last time we had this party? Now, some things haven’t changed over that year. Last year, we were looking forward to an amazing summer of sport at the Olympics, where we won all those gold medals and cast the world before us. And this year: Andy Murray, the Ashes, Justin Rose. There have been some amazing sporting successes. But something really important has changed in our country, and that is at the end of a long, tortuous parliamentary process, the Queen has signed the equal marriage bill, and that is something we can all be very proud of.  And I want to thank all of you for the support that you’ve given, and for the pressure that you’ve kept up, for this really, really important change. As I said on that radio programme after the bill was passed, that I think of young children growing up at school, who might be uncertain about their sexuality, knowing that now, in the highest place in the land – in Parliament – we’ve passed this law that says that marriage is for you, whether you’re gay or whether you’re straight. And I think that is so important to young people growing up. But it’s also really important to parents. A mum came up to me the other day in the street in my constituency and said, ‘Why I’m so pleased about this is that I’ve got a straight son and a gay daughter, and I now know I’m going to be able to go to both of their weddings, and that makes me really happy.’ So, I think it’s a great change. I want to thank you for the support that you all gave and there are some people I really want to single out and thank. I want to thank the Out4Marriage campaign – Mike, James, and Ben, you did a brilliant job. I want to thank Chris from Lobby A Lord; the lord lobbying was very effective. I think the gay men’s choir that sung outside the House of Lords. James, Connor and the Coalition for Equal Marriage. Peter Tatchell, who has lobbied the government for 21 years for this change. Ben Summerskill and all those at Stonewall have done a fantastic job. Dan Large and Nick Herbert, who did so much in Parliament to support the bill, and MPs and peers from right across the political spectrum. There were some fantastic speeches. I remember listening to Mike Freer’s speech in the House of Commons and being really moved by what he said. And I also think that Lord Jenkin of Roding – that wonderful speech about the character of love, which marriage reflects: faithful, stable, tough, unselfish and unconditional. And I thought the great thing about it was that we didn’t just win the vote but actually we won the argument, and I think that’s so important. I want to thank the ministers as well. I think Maria Miller and her team did an absolutely fantastic job, and Tina in the House of Lords. Helen Grant in the House of Commons, the bill team – I’ve met a lot of the bill team. I’ve told the bill team I’m now going to reassign them because, of course, all over the world people would have been watching this piece of legislation and we’ve set something, I think, of an example of how to pass good legislation in good time. Many other countries are going to want to copy this. And, as you know, I talk about the global race, about how we’ve got to export more and sell more so I’m going to export the bill team. I think they can be part of this global race and take it around the world. And I’m personally proud of this. I think I’m probably the only Conservative Prime Minister who’s taken this step, but I’m very proud to have taken it. I think it’s a really good step, and thank you for helping me to stick with the plan and get it done so quickly. Only other thing I wanted to say is that I know that the job isn’t yet fully done. It is something to celebrate that Britain is now – and it’s official – the best place to be gay, lesbian or transgender anywhere in Europe. That is a great achievement. That’s not my measure; that is an internationally recognised measure. But there’s still a lot more work to be done. There’s a lot more work to be done as Britain in the Commonwealth, talking to our Commonwealth partners about decriminalising homosexuality in various countries. There’s a lot of work to be done on homophobic bullying in schools, which is still a scourge in our country. There’s a lot of work to be done in terms of hate crimes and how we stop and stamp that out in our society. So there’s still work to be done, but I hope we can agree we’ve taken a really important step forward. And it was only a year ago that I stood in this garden and I made a promise – and I know you all think politicians don’t keep their promises, well we kept this one. One year on, the bill passed. Have a lovely day, thank you for coming. Thanks for all those who put in so much work. It’s been a real pleasure to work with you and to deliver this landmark social change for our country, which to me still comes back to the simple word of commitment. I think society is stronger when people commit to each other. And as I said at that party conference speech a few years back: that commitment counts whether it’s between a man and a woman, or a man and a man, and a woman and a woman. And those now aren’t just words in a conference speech, it’s an Act of Parliament, and we can all be proud of that. 

Thank you."