The Tory Foreign Secretary has been branded “shockingly tone deaf” after urging LGBT football fans to “compromise” at the World Cup in Qatar.
James Cleverly said Brits visiting the country - where gay sex is illegal - should show “a little bit of flex” and “be respectful of the host nation”.
Mr Cleverly’s comments reflect Foreign Office advice to UK travellers, which says “homosexual behaviour is illegal in Qatar” and “any intimacy” between even opposite-sex couples can lead to arrest.
