This bit from the same article made me laugh
Completely badgered
Plenty of people remain puzzled as to why the Government prioritised pushing gay marriage through the Commons at the expense of more pressing business.
There were echoes of 1967, when members of the House of Lords voted to decriminalise homosexuality on the same day they rejected a Bill that would have outlawed badger baiting.
Arthur Gore, the 8th Earl of Arran and one of the sponsors of the gay rights Bill, was asked why peers had voted in favour of ending discrimination against homosexuals, but refused to support moves to prevent cruelty to badgers.
‘Not many badgers in the House of Lords,’ Arran explained.