He could impose ethnic reporting on industry but will he?
Big news from PM Dave, who faces the dilemma of trying to lift the nasty party stain from his Conservatives without making the party seem so politically correct that all of the crusty types defect to Ukip. There have been targeted initiatives aimed at lifting the Tory minority ethnic vote above the 16% of 2010 making flights to the Caribbean cheap by amending air passenger tax and a promise from Theresa May to look again at disparities in stop and search. Still, there is a mountain to climb and every little will help. Dave found time this week to appear on the black music and talk internet radio station Colourful, and when it was put to him that the government might oblige companies to disclose to the world the ethnic composition of their workforces, he didn't bat the idea away. "I will certainly look at the idea," he said encouragingly. "I am happy to look at ideas for more transparency." Some suggest he was just currying favour, and that the chances of him forcing more monitoring and reporting on business is actually pretty unlikely, but we have been shouting them down, for already there is too much cynicism. Making it up as he goes along? That just doesn't sound like Dave.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago.
Big news from PM Dave, who faces the dilemma of trying to lift the nasty party stain from his Conservatives without making the party seem so politically correct that all of the crusty types defect to Ukip. There have been targeted initiatives aimed at lifting the Tory minority ethnic vote above the 16% of 2010 making flights to the Caribbean cheap by amending air passenger tax and a promise from Theresa May to look again at disparities in stop and search. Still, there is a mountain to climb and every little will help. Dave found time this week to appear on the black music and talk internet radio station Colourful, and when it was put to him that the government might oblige companies to disclose to the world the ethnic composition of their workforces, he didn't bat the idea away. "I will certainly look at the idea," he said encouragingly. "I am happy to look at ideas for more transparency." Some suggest he was just currying favour, and that the chances of him forcing more monitoring and reporting on business is actually pretty unlikely, but we have been shouting them down, for already there is too much cynicism. Making it up as he goes along? That just doesn't sound like Dave.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago.