"My life will be over"

Like a lot of brands, the Tories have been quick to fly the rainbow flag and only this week, following the attack on a lesbian couple on a London nightbus, Theresa May insisted "We must work together to eradicate unacceptable violence towards the LGBT community". But if you suspected that their eagerness to jump into bed with the DUP indicated that they're only paying lip service to LGBT rights, you'd have been right.

As Ken Macharia notes in an alarming article for the Guardian, the Home Office continues to deport gay men and women back to their home countries despite clear evidence that their lives will be at risk as a result. And Macharia should know - after all, that's the fate he fears lies in store for him if he's sent back to Kenya, which looks likely now that it's been decreed that he does "not qualify for leave on any basis".

That this appalling scandal - and the Tories' rank hypocrisy - is more widely reported is both essential and urgent.