Gay refugees have a right to asylum in Britain, a high court has ruled. The decision will stop those fearing imprisonment, torture or execution from being shipped back to their home countries.

Supreme Court judge Lord Rodger said gay people’s right to live freely must be protected. “Just as male heterosexuals are free to enjoy themselves playing rugby, drinking beer and talking about girls with their mates," he said, "so male homosexuals are to be free to enjoy themselves going to Kylie concerts, drinking exotically-coloured cocktails and talking about boys with their straight female mates.”

"Yeah, I totally love Kylie," said a gay man who was hanged in Iraq.