From Thursday, December 14 to Friday, December 29 we asked you, the Argus website readers, the above question.

After a week, in which 544 votes were cast, the results were


Yes, he caused maximum offence to the LGBT community - 917 - 69.3% No, it was wrong on freedom of speech grounds and a waste of public money - 378 - 28.5% Don't know - 29 - 2.2%