Wes Streeting in front of a building damaged by Russian strikes in the Lukianivska district of Kyiv earlier this month.Wes Streeting has claimed “people cannot cope” with a gay man being defence secretary.
He said he had “experienced more online homophobia in the last three weeks than I have in my entire life”.
Streeting became the first openly gay man to be appointed to the role after Andy Burnham became prime minister last month.
In an interview with Iain Dale at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the former health secretary said he had been inundated with abuse since taking up the role.
He said: “I have ex...
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