If the Equality Act 2010 made discrimination illegal, then why we have seen the rise of persistent and widespread discrimination against white males across the public and private sectors?

Today, some form or other of anti-white social engineering can be found in practically any institution you care to name. Famously in 2023, the RAF, in a bid to make ‘the few’ even fewer, discriminated against 31 ‘useless white male pilots’ in a recruitment scheme. But we can add the NHS, universities, all manner of coveted white-collar grad schemes and internships, the Premier League, GCHQ and local councils.Or just take what we’ve seen in the police. In 2024, three white officers were passed over for promotion by Thames Valley Police because of their race; last year, West Yorkshire Police temporarily blocked applications from white candidates in a diversity drive; only last month, it emerged that two male officers had been fired from a team by Suffolk Police on the grounds of ‘operational reasons linked to gender balance’.

It seems that in multicultural Britain, some ‘protected characteristics’ are more protected than others

It seems that in multicultural Britain, some ‘protected characteristics’ are more protected than others

It seems that in multicultural Britain, some ‘protected characteristics’ are more protected than others.

It is welcome news, then, that Reform has this week announced plans to scrap the Equality Act on ‘day one’. Suella Braverman, unveiled on Monday as Reform’s new shadow education,........

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