the way ungrateful EU treats us now. We will remember." It was pointed out that Britain received 26% of Marshall Plan aid, more than any other country. He apologised for the inaccuracy. He later clarified his point by saying that Britain had stood alone for much of the war, and in his view, "the massive loans that Britain had to take out during the war from America outweighed the benefits of the aid received." Personal life In 2000, Kawczynski married; he divorced in 2011. In June 2013, he announced to his Conservative Association that his new partner was a Brazilian male. He was the second MP in Britain to come out as bisexual, the first being Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes. He married his Brazilian partner of eight years, Fernando Lameu, on 9 November 2019, in a civil partnership ceremony in the House of Commons. Kawczynski is a practising Catholic and as a young man had prayed to become heterosexual. In 2010, his book, Seeking Gaddafi: Libya, the West and the Arab Spring, about Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, was published by Dialogue, with a paperback edition published in 2011 by Biteback Publishing. References External links "Daniel Kawczynski MP". BBC. 1972 births Living people Alumni of the University of Stirling Bisexual men Bisexual politicians British male writers British non-fiction writers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies English people of Polish descent English Roman Catholics LGBT members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom English LGBT politicians LGBT Roman Catholics Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Shropshire People educated at St George's College, Weybridge Polish emigrants to the United Kingdom Politicians from Warsaw Politics of Shropshire UK MPs 2005–2010 UK MPs 2010–2015 UK MPs 2015–2017 UK MPs 2017–2019 UK MPs 2019–present Male non-fiction writers 21st-century LGBT people