As part of @blastfilms ‘George Michael: Outed’ for @Channel4, here is my story of being outed by the media in 1986/1987. It ended my parliamentary career & made me an easy target for Carl Beech’s false claims, which initiated the Metropolitan Police’s Operation Midland.

Opportunities come in many forms. I welcome this investment. Chess changed the course of my life. I failed my 11-plus exam. I only gained entry to Scarborough High School for Boys because the headmaster, Mr Marsden, shared my love of chess & wanted to strengthen the school.

My interview on @TalkTV with @petercardwell on @TUIUK reviving old injustices by banning homosexual men convicted under historical gross indecency laws, including myself who was convicted in 1987 for gross indecency - a “crime” no longer on the statute books. Under Alan Turning

RT @WonPeople: @TUIUK @KHarveyProctor Have a listen to this excellent interview with Harvey by Iain Dale: He shoul….

I will be on @TalkTV with @petercardwell at 12:00 to discuss @TUIUK’s recent policy which bans those with child sexual offences from travelling with them.

I have been advised by a data specialist, that there is a reasonable argument to be made that @TUIUK’s decision not to allow me to travel with them - through apparent inflexible application of a company policy - involves unfair processing of personal data in contravention of.

I understand, & support, the need to protect children & vulnerable passengers. But that duty of care must not be used to perpetuate the kind of institutional discrimination we, as a society, have spent decades trying to undo.

I’m astonished by how many people have seen this & simply don’t care. Does principle no longer matter? Or are some injustices still acceptable - so long as they happen to the “right” people?.

RT @MarksLarks: It’s also a breach of their legal obligations.

Just told by @TUIUK I’m banned from travel due to a 1987 conviction for gross indecency - a “crime” no longer on the statute books. Under Alan Turning Law I can apply to have it expunged. This is not safeguarding. It’s corporate discrimination against gay men. Outrageous. #LGBTQ+.

RT @realmrsthatcher: "She was brought down in the end, not by the electorate, but her colleagues. Not only is it quite remarkable that she….

Excellent article by @JournoStephen for @spectator. 20 years since 7/7, & leaders still refuse to name the ideology behind it: Islamism. To say so is not to smear British Muslims, the overwhelming majority of whom want peace, safety and freedom. But it is to acknowledge the.

13 committed suicide because of the Post Office scandal. Many more came close. The Horizon system was flawed & they knew it, & still they prosecuted. Successive governments share the blame. Sir @Keir_Starmer must order proper redress now. Justice delayed is justice denied.

RT @ConorBurnsUK: Very sorry to hear Norman Tebbit has died. I was fortunate to count him as a friend. Norman was a true Thatcherite revo….

I, like many, will never forget the haunting images of Norman Tebbit being stretchered from the rubble of the Grand Hotel in Brighton, after the IRA bombing that killed five & injured many more. Norman & his wife, Margaret, had been lying in bed when the ceiling collapsed.

Saddened to hear that Norman Tebbit has died. A formidable, loyal & honest parliamentarian, & one of Margaret Thatcher’s staunchest allies. A political age is fast disappearing. He was a devoted husband to Margaret who was paralysed during the IRA bombing attack on the Grand

Today marks 20 years since the 7/7 attacks which killed 52 people & injured over 770 others in London. We remember the victims & honour the extraordinary courage of the emergency services & all who helped. My thoughts are with everyone affected by that cowardly act of terror.

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This is Steve Rodhouse; he was Gold Commander of Operation Midland, Deputy Assistant Commissioner at @metpoliceuk & was promoted as Director of Operations at the National Crime Agency. In one sentence he sweeps away centuries of British justice by declaring that a ‘victim’ will

Steve Rodhouse, Gold Commander of Operation Midland, claims my name was never put into the public domain by a Metropolitan Police officer. It was. First, they put out a statement disclosing my age & location of search. Secondly, Danny Chatfield (Carl Beech’s police liaison