Head of the Home Civil Service Bob Kerslake writes that the Civil Service is "promoting diversity" in an on-going campaign: http://my.civilservice.gov.uk/blog/2013/09/opportunities-for-all/
Look carefully beneath the bland reassuring words.
What he is proposing is that civil servants, including those who hold great administrative power, are being chosen on criteria other than merit ("visibly champion the success of under-represented elements of our workforce").
We know (because commentators such as Mehdi Hasan, Sunny Hundal and Sunder Katwala whoop and cheer about it) that BME people in the United Kingdom are, by a large majority, likely to vote Labour and favour quasi-socialist policies. Are we happy about the entrenchment in the supposedly impartial Civil Service of a pro-Labour lobby? Does this not undermine the credibility of the Civil Service?
We need more Civil Service senior managers with real delivery and operational experience rather than appointments made on the spurious grounds of "vibrant diversity".
Look carefully beneath the bland reassuring words.
What he is proposing is that civil servants, including those who hold great administrative power, are being chosen on criteria other than merit ("visibly champion the success of under-represented elements of our workforce").
We know (because commentators such as Mehdi Hasan, Sunny Hundal and Sunder Katwala whoop and cheer about it) that BME people in the United Kingdom are, by a large majority, likely to vote Labour and favour quasi-socialist policies. Are we happy about the entrenchment in the supposedly impartial Civil Service of a pro-Labour lobby? Does this not undermine the credibility of the Civil Service?
We need more Civil Service senior managers with real delivery and operational experience rather than appointments made on the spurious grounds of "vibrant diversity".
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