The UK's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said that gay marriage is one of the reasons he loves the UK.

by Newsdesk | 9th March 2014

In his speech at the Liberal Democrat's annual conference in York, the Deputy PM certainly said he loved a lot of things about Britain, including:

- The telephone

- The steam engine

- The jet engine

- The world wide web

- Oscar winning visual effects

- Theatre, fashion, music, film

- Pomp and ceremony

- Irreverence towards its establishment

- Prince George

- Private Eye

- Queuing

- The BBC

- The NHS

- Multicultural cities

- The feeling of freedom

- The shipping forecast

- T-shirts and flip-flops at the first glimpse of sun

- Human rights and the rule of law

- The European Convention on Human Rights and the Single Market

- A cup of tea

- The Premier League

- Gay marriage

Specifically on being gay Clegg said:

'I look at what's happening in places like Russia, where the government is effectively criminalising homosexuality, and I love that Britain is a place where you can be gay and proud – and now you can get married too.'

Last month Nick Clegg went on record to state that the anti-gay situation in Uganda was 'abhorrent'

The Lib Dem leader also lambasted UKIP, saying that Nigel Farage was 'ungenerous, backwards-looking'. UKIP has been drawn into a number of dispute because of their members' views on homosexuality.