Why is John Dunleavy such a twat?

As Manhattan’s massive St Patrick’s Day parade made its way through the city yesterday its chief organiser was being condemned for a bizarre outburst in which he said that allowing gay groups to join the event would be like allowing Nazis to march at an Israeli parade.

“If an Israeli group wants to march in New York, do you allow neo-Nazis into their parade? If African-Americans are marching in Harlem, do they have to let the Ku Klux Klan into their parade?” march chairman John Dunleavy said in a newspaper interview, reigniting an argument that has marred every St Patrick’s Day in New York for the past 15 years.

Yeesh.