If I were Prime Minister....

[Diver]

Anybody working for, or reading, the Daily Mail to be hung, drawn & quartered for crimes against journalism.

I would just like to point out that several of the whingeing whining ungrateful backstabbing petty Islamic assole shopkeepers that complained about the "unclean police dog photo" Sell dogfood and dog biscuits in their shops ---- with loads of pictures of fekin dogs on the packets n tins.

Obviously they complained because this doggy pic could not be used to rip off the general public with their overinflated prices.

[Moscow Mule]

I would just like to point out that several of the whingeing whining ungrateful backstabbing petty Islamic assole shopkeepers that complained about the "unclean police dog photo" Sell dogfood and dog biscuits in their shops ---- with loads of pictures of fekin dogs on the packets n tins.

Obviously they complained because this doggy pic could not be used to rip off the general public with their overinflated prices.

I don't disagree with the sentiment (in this case).

But the Daily Mail is just a complete pile of tulip. It's almost as bad as the Express. Tabloid papers pretending to be "serious newspapers" when, in fact, they are comics the same as the red-tops with a different target market.

[sasguru]

For instance, the Government sets targets to recruit % of ethnic into the workforce. If you go for a job how can you be assured you are not being discriminated against because you were born in a category outside the recruitment target, despite being the best person for the job? Isn't that discrimination in itself labelled under the guise of stopping discrimination?

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Apart from the Met Police (which understandably sets targets so that its police officers reflect the community it polices) can you tell me of any other instances where quotas are set?

[Peoplesoft bloke]

If giving this agegroup some discipline reduced crime and prison occupation by even 20% over forthcoming years and gave them some work ethics (therefore paying taxes and not claiming dole), it would probably pay for itself, and eradicate a lot of hoodies and chavs off the streets?

I beg to differ. You seem to think they would all just go along willingly - it's not just the (huge) costs of giving them something spurious to do (and all the infrastructure and admin costs), it's the huge extra drain on the cops (or whoever you expect to do it) chasing around after all the chavs and hoodies who haven't turned up.

I notice that beyond a vague description of discipline you haven't said what you think they'll be doing - is it two years of square bashing? - you'll need a lot of sergeants for that.

[Moscow Mule]

Apart from the Met Police (which understandably sets targets so that its police officers reflect the community it polices) can you tell me of any other instances where quotas are set?

Lambeth Council

http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...lications.html

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I'll vote for you then!

I'll add...

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7. Abolish road tax and introduce smart cards at petrol pumps, so illegal vehicles can't fill up anymore, thus stamping out uninsured scumbags.
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So you're going to ban petrol cans too, presumably?

[sasguru]

But that article states:

"The Race Relations Act 1976 forbids most discrimination on racial grounds, even where carried out with the best of intentions. That can include seeking to address racial imbalances in the workplace by deliberately recruiting new staff in the under-represented section of the workforce. As a number of employers have found to their cost, it is necessary to distinguish between positive action, which is lawful, and positive discrimination, which is not.

Section 38 of the Act only allows positive action in favour of a particular racial group where the proportion of that group among the workforce is small by comparison with that in the surrounding population from which the employer recruits. Where that condition is satisfied, then an employer can legitimately limit certain forms of training to (or specifically encourage applications from) members of that racial group only. However, section 38 does not permit an employer, even where there is an imbalance in the workforce, to actually recruit members of one racial group ahead of better-qualified members of another. "

Seems fair to me

[Moscow Mule]

I beg to differ. You seem to think they would all just go along willingly - it's not just the (huge) costs of giving them something spurious to do (and all the infrastructure and admin costs), it's the huge extra drain on the cops (or whoever you expect to do it) chasing around after all the chavs and hoodies who haven't turned up.

I notice that beyond a vague description of discipline you haven't said what you think they'll be doing - is it two years of square bashing? - you'll need a lot of sergeants for that.

Many countries have national service, but not many of them make military service compulsory.

I am in favour of a compulsory "national service" that could include volunterring at your local old folks home or something similarly worthwhile, or two years in the Army if you would prefer.

It could be monitored by the school the particular youth has just left and linked to getting an NI card. I think the costs involved are more than offset by the benefits this would bring.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Lambeth Council

http://www.personneltoday.com/articl...lications.html

If you read that article, it expalins that they aren't setting quotas.

[Moscow Mule]

But that article states:

...snip...

Seems fair to me

I don't agree that we should "ban" political correctness, I was merely giving you the example you asked for.

What I do think is necessary is an increase in "joined up" thinking were legislation is actually thought through rather than made up in response to media generated "OUTRAGE"