Antidiscrimination laws

Tuesday 31st March 2015 18:29 EDT
 

I fully agree with Nigel Farage that there are too many ‘irrelevant’ anti-discrimination laws and some of them need to be removed. As Farage says we should re-examine the laws.
Farage was asked whether there  would be a law against discrimination on the basis of race, or colour under UKIP, Farage said ‘No. We take the view we are colour-blind. We, as a party, are colour-blind’. And the party is honest to accept this fact.
Unless there is a change in the mind set of people we not going to eliminate discrimination on the basis of colour.  Farage has not given any solution to get rid of race discrimination in employment.   
It is also true the race relation industry has not helped much to fight against  discrimination in employment especially in the NHS who are the largest employer in public sector where 30 per cent of the employees are blacks and asians and the majority of them are employed in low paid jobs. The creation of the Commission for Racial Equaliy (CRE) helped people like Trevor Philips and others in his community to get high paid jobs.
I fully agree with Nigel Farage that discrimination pertaining to religion or country of origin is totally irrelevant for the employment of people.
Arun Vaidyanathan
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