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Philippa Stroud: the disappearing Conservative candidate

By Mark Pack | Sun 2nd May 2010 - 6:20 pm

This morning The Observer ran a piece detailing the less than savoury attitude towards homosexuality of Philippa Stroud, Conservative candidate for Sutton & Cheam and head of the influential Conservative think-tank Centre for Social Justice:

A high-flying prospective Conservative MP, credited with shaping many of the party’s social policies, founded a church that tried to “cure” homosexuals by driving out their “demons” through prayer…

Abi, a teenage girl with transsexual issues, was sent to the church by her parents, who were evangelical Christians. “Convinced I was demonically possessed, my parents made the decision to move to Bedford, because of this woman

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Posted in Online politics | Also tagged conservative party, facebook, philippa stroud and twitter | 195 Comments

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