Blunt, a member of the select committee and a gay former minister who has fought off a deselection campaign in his Surrey constituency, pointed out that the Strasbourg court "has advanced equality around sexuality in the UK".
The son of a miner, Emlyn, in later life he would express irritation when, as a Labour right-winger he was harangued by left-wing extremists in the PLP and his constituency, pointing out that his working-class credentials were as impeccable, and often more impeccable, than their own; in the politically turbulent 1980s he could not abide Tony Benn.
An environmental campaign over the mill is threatening Mr Turnbull's hold over his constituency around Point Piper.
They deny that he has raised any money from Middle Eastern Islamic organizations, say he has put together a strong plan for economic development in the constituency and point out that a large number of Christians support him.
Senate Republicans — including the party's presidential nominee, John McCain — tend to reflect more diverse constituencies and points of view, because they are elected statewide and need only face the voters every six years.
In this world, a Republican congressman explains his vote against the health care bill to a disappointed constituency by pointing out that he voted for and still prefers the original House version -- which was, in many ways, more liberal than what eventually passed.
Individual constituency polls point to them pulling off such an extraordinary coup.
Geoff Haigh, who runs the Ram's Head, at the constituency's highest point, a tongue of Lancashire where, in the old days, West Riding of Yorkshire county council refused to collect bins or grit the moorland road – summed it up.
He also noted that forty per cent of the electorate is moderate — and Republicans lost that constituency by fifteen points in 2012.
It would end the "jobs for life" culture in safe constituency seats (campaigners point to MPs in safe seats who were embroiled in the expenses scandal that hit the previous parliament).
