News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
VisitBritain has left many bewildered with its latest woke gobbledegook, substituting terms such as "man hours" with "person hours" in an attempt to be more inclusive.
The Royal Navy has splurged £2.4 million on diversity and inclusion staff, sparking a furious outcry from ministers to prioritise weaponry over 'wokery' amid falling recruitment and equipment failures.
For years, McKinsey has been promoting the "business case for diversity". But a new paper shows that it's built on sand: S&P 500 companies with more 'executive diversity' perform no better than those with less.
BBC staff are being told not to hire candidates who are "dismissive" of diversity and inclusion under guidelines critics say are a mechanism to maintain groupthink and promote controversial ideas.
Amid a recruitment crisis, the Royal Navy is assigning marines and sailors to serve as diversity and inclusion officers to improve the well-being of personnel.
London's New Year fireworks have been branded 'The Sadiq Khan show', triggering outrage and allegations of political manipulation during the celebrations.
Parents have been left fuming by a video showing a teacher discussing the transformation of a teddy bear from a sad boy to a joyful girl with 10 year-olds as part of a lesson from a controversial 'inclusion' charity.
The Royal Navy is now encouraging personnel to use pronouns and respect non-binary identities in meetings, alongside addressing issues like white privilege.
The NHS is massively expanding diversity and inclusion roles, despite concerns of resource diversion from patient care and healthcare reforms amid record waiting lists and doctor strikes.
Why is the NHS advertising diversity officer jobs for up to £75,000 a year when it is supposedly cash-strapped and failing to treat patients?
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