Save them from themselves!

It strikes me that sometimes politicians are their own worst enemies – which, in such a cut-throat industry dominated by foes and usurpers, is not smart.

You’d think after a week off from writing this column I’d be refreshed, bursting with new ideas and sardonic wit on life. Instead I’m like the proverbial bear with a sore head only in my case a lesbian with a sore arm. 

I’m now officially a charity slut. In the next six months I’m going to do the Food and Wine Fair for the Aids Trust, sell daffodils for the Cancer Council and finger some teenagers for World Youth Day – “It’s the time of your eternal life” and my scout’s shirt will be heavy with badges.

Same-sex parenting reforms have finally been approved, marking the end of a very long road, writes Jenni Millbank