Clapham Common
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Clapham Common is a large area of park land (about 89 hectares or 220 acres) near Clapham, south London. It is partly in the London Borough of Wandsworth and partly in the London Borough of Lambeth.
LGBT History
Parts of Clapham Common have been known for gay cruising for many years.
The then Welsh Secretary Ron Davies MP had a "moment of madness"[1] in 1998 in an incident on the Common. He was robbed at knife-point on the Common and met some strangers to whom he gave a lift; they took his car, wallet and phone. Davies resigned, repeatedly denying the incident had anything to do with drugs or sex.[2] Newspapers have since reported that Mr Davies admits being bisexual and has "been successfully treated for a compulsion to seek out gay partners".[3]
References
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/204691.stm "My moment of madness" BBC News, 31 October 1998
- ↑ Colin Brown Chief Political Correspondent "THE DAVIES AFFAIR: How much did Downing Street know about that night". The Independent, 6 November 1998. FindArticles.com. 14 July 2008. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19981106/ai_n14190889
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/mar/10/uk.wales "Ron Davies ends political career", by Patrick Wintour, the Guardian, 10 March 2003.
