Mr Duncan, 50, an MP since 1992, will be the first member of the Cabinet or shadow cabinet to have entered into a legal partnership with a same-sex partner……
Mr Duncan popped the question to Mr Dunseath on holiday in Oman on Valentine’s Day.
Mr Duncan said: "James joked that if I had not asked him on Valentine’s Day he would have asked me on Feb 29."
D’ye think that might be a little more about the detailed mechanics of their love life than we really want to know?
12 responses so far ↓
1 Mark Wadsworth // Mar 3, 2008 at 8:16 am
Dunky Duncan rocks! If it were a same sex couple coming out with this sort of drivel, nobody would bat an eyelid, why should it be any different for two gay blokes? Don’t be such a spoilsport, Tim.
2 Tom // Mar 3, 2008 at 8:33 am
I agree, too much detail. We don’t need to know the ins and outs of it.
3 Kay Tie // Mar 3, 2008 at 9:03 am
“why should it be any different for two gay blokes? Don’t be such a spoilsport, Tim.”
Indeed. Drivel is drivel, regardless of its sexual orientation.
4 Little Black Sambo // Mar 3, 2008 at 11:01 am
I suppose we are not allowed to say anything except, What wonderful news.
5 Tim Newman // Mar 3, 2008 at 11:10 am
Mr Duncan popped the question to Mr Dunseath on holiday in Oman on Valentine’s Day.
I wonder if they are aware of the penalty such behaviour attracts in Oman?
6 Mark Wadsworth LLB BA ACCA ATII // Mar 3, 2008 at 11:29 am
Obviously, when I say “if it were a same sex couple” I mean “a straight couple”, sorry, too early in the morning for minor details like that. And he’s called ‘Dinky’ not ‘Dunky’. Ah well.
7 Kay Tie // Mar 3, 2008 at 1:04 pm
“I wonder if they are aware of the penalty such behaviour attracts in Oman?”
Yeah, I wondered that too. With the Saudi Moral Police arresting people for sitting in a coffee bar and looking at women, and the Dubai police arresting people for “possession” of micrograms of cannabis on the sole of a shoe, it doesn’t look good for Duncan to make a return trip..
8 Kay Tie // Mar 3, 2008 at 1:05 pm
“I suppose we are not allowed to say anything except, What wonderful news.”
No, you can call it drivel. Drivel drivel drivel drivel.
9 Judge // Mar 3, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I thought the unmarried Sultan Qaboos of Oman and his longtime personal adviser, an unmarried British man called Erik Bennett, were well known for turning a blind eye to certain activities…?
10 Philip Thomas // Mar 3, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Personally, I found the news quite nice to hear but then I’m a bit of a softie about this sort of thing.
Mark, how come your comments here now have acronyms after your name? What do they stand for?
11 Kay Tie // Mar 3, 2008 at 7:23 pm
“What do they stand for?”
ACCA means he’s a proper accountant. LLB means he’s a limited liability bachelor. ATII means he owns shares in a PC graphics chip company. And BA means that he’s training to be a pilot.
12 Surreptitious Evil // Mar 3, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Kay Tie (or even Mark),
Perhaps you can explain what his putting them on his ‘tag’ might mean. Especially for a “simplification campaigner”.
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