Editing Clapham Common (section)

== Cruising ==
{{See also|Gay cruising in England and Wales}}
Clapham Common has a reputation as a place for men seeking anonymous sex with other men in public places.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/focus-whos-looking-for-what-on-clapham-common-1182122.html|title=Who's looking for what on Clapham Common|author=Catherine Pepinster|author-link=Catherine Pepinster|work=The Independent|date=1 November 1998}}</ref> When Welsh politician [[Ron Davies (Welsh politician)|Ron Davies]] was robbed at knifepoint in 1998 after he gave a lift to strangers he had met in the park, there was speculation that the incident involved "cruising"; Davies resigned his position in the UK government, denying the incident had anything to do with drugs or sex.<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/mar/10/uk.wales|title= Ron Davies ends political career|author=Patrick Wintour|work=The Guardian|date= 10 March 2003}}</ref><ref name="indep">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-davies-affair-how-much-did-downing-street-know-about-that-night-on-clapham-common-1183011.html|title=THE DAVIES AFFAIR: How much did Downing Street know about that night|author=Colin Brown|work=The Independent|date= 6 November 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/204691.stm|title= My moment of madness|work= BBC News|date= 31 October 1998}}</ref> There have been several attacks on men in the vicinity of the park, including one in 2005 on a young man, [[Murder of Jody Dobrowski|Jody Dobrowski]], thought by his attackers to be gay, during which he was badly beaten and later died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5080164.stm|title=Gay man's killing 'tip of the iceberg'|author= Martha Buckley |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|date=16 June 2006}}</ref> The incident was the impetus for the making of the 2007 Channel 4 film ''[[Clapham Junction (film)|Clapham Junction]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/clapham-junction-1200475404/|title=Review: 'Clapham Junction'|publisher=variety.com|author=Dennis Harvey|date=8 July 2009}}</ref>