Trump and Reform UK threaten gay rights, says Davies

Russell T Davies has warned that gay rights are "rapidly getting worse" thanks to the rise of Reform UK and the influence of the Trump presidency on British politics.

- Lanre Bakare

The award-winning screenwriter, who is best known for reviving BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who and for writing Queer As Folk, told the Big Issue: "When Queer As Folk came out in 1999, if you'd said: 'What will gay rights be like in 2025?', we'd have said, 'oh, it will all be marvellous - it'll be sunshine and skipping down the street, hand in hand - gays, queers, lesbians, everyone'.

"Things got better but now things are rapidly and urgently getting worse. What happens in America always happens here - and as we look down the barrel of a Reform government, we, the gay community, queer community, should be revolting in terror and anger and action."