The head of RAF recruitment has resigned in protest at an “effective pause” on offering jobs to white male recruits in favour of women and ethnic minorities, defence sources have claimed. Sky News has more.
The senior female officer apparently handed in her notice in recent days amid concerns that any such restrictions on hiring, however temporary and limited, could undermine the fighting strength of the Royal Air Force (RAF), the sources said.
They said the service was attempting to hit “impossible” diversity targets.
The defence sources accused Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, the head of the RAF, of appearing willing to compromise U.K. security at a time of growing threats from Russia and China in pursuit of albeit important goals such as improving diversity and inclusion.
One of the defence sources noted how General Sir Patrick Sanders, the head of the army, has likened today’s security challenges to those in the build-up to the Second World War, warning that the U.K. is facing its “1937 moment”.
“Then you look at the head of the RAF and he’s prepared to break the operational requirement of the air force just to meet diversity [targets],” the source said.
“I think he needs to be hauled up by the Ministry of Defence and told: This is the defence agenda, get on it.”
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Stop Press: Ben Obese-Jecty has written a good comment piece about the the woke-ification of the Armed Forces for the Telegraph.
Stop Press 2: The Minneapolis School District is being blasted for making a deal with teaching unions whereby white teachers will be laid off before “teachers of colour”. MailOnline has more.
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