Our thanks to Nigel for this (Mail). An extract:
“… fears of a repeat fiasco have emerged today after Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard revealed new details about the Government’s latest recruitment contract, set to go live in 2027.
In a statement, the Labour minister admitted the deal would include ‘annual mandated performance indicators focused on enhancing equality and diversity’ – which Mr Cartlidge said could lead to white recruits being sidelined by contractors. [J4MB emphasis. And men. Why the reluctance to state the blindingly obvious, “WOULD lead to…”?]
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail, the Tory MP said: ‘We should be scrapping all this tokenism. We should be promoting and recruiting on the basis of merit – that’s how you get a stronger armed forces.
‘Instead of us getting the best people, based on merit, we will get people who tick boxes… This will lead to a distorted recruitment pipeline, just as we saw with the RAF. That is the risk.’ “
If you’d like email notifications of our new blog pieces, please enter your email address in the box near the top of the right-hand column and click ‘Subscribe’.
We shall shortly be posting this piece on our X channel.
Our YouTube channel is here.