tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post7289346566234600474..comments2023-12-24T13:03:35.696+00:00Comments on Miserable Old Fart: Cohabiting? - No Sympathy for Laws!Alwyn ap Huwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-39252466308656448652010-05-31T04:02:37.583+01:002010-05-31T04:02:37.583+01:00Interestingly, you felt the need to point out in y...<i>Interestingly, you felt the need to point out in your post that it was his 'gay lover' if it had been a woman in question would you have described her as his 'straight lover'?</i><br /><br />No! I would probably have used terms similar to those suggested by Gareth!<br /><br />His sexuality isn't an issue, the only issue is that he is expected to be treated differently to Alwyn ap Huwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194724336424525283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-58235316205525983492010-05-30T21:16:26.553+01:002010-05-30T21:16:26.553+01:00I comment as a gay man, who is plesantly surprise...I comment as a gay man, who is plesantly surprised that the gay angle is actually not as prominent in the story as it would have been in the pre-Blair years. <br />What I find odd is that part of Laws's defence was that as he and his lover lived virtually separate lives - financially, and generally sociable that he didn't really see him as his lover.<br /><br />In gay speak that would Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741297277920030040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120478390983403863.post-75560074774425128232010-05-30T19:45:02.019+01:002010-05-30T19:45:02.019+01:00As I understand it the 'rent' was equivile...As I understand it the 'rent' was equivilent to half the mortgage, had Laws partner been female he would almost certainly have felt able to be more open about it, and could quite legitimately have taken a joint mortgage, claiming half the cost (more than he actually claimed).<br /><br />Of course even if he had done exactly the same with a female partner, he would have probably have been Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com