Baroness Blatch

I see that Emily May Blatch, Baroness Blatch of Hinchingbrooke has died. I know I’m being uncharitable, but I can’t say I’m sorry to see her go. She willingly took up the torch of homophobia and anti-gay prejudice from Baroness Young following her death in 2002.

Reading the words of these Baronesses in the records of House of Lords in debates over, for example, Section 28, is a salutary experience. However, bit by bit we move into the 21st Century, and hopefully towards more enlightened views. Though I fear the process is slow and easily reversed.