If ever there was a reason to question the ideological roots of the so-called Conservative Party, it is the continued existence of the Government Equalities Office which was founded in October 2007.

It claims to be the government department responsible for social equality and for good measure gender equality.

Why does any government have any responsibility for such matters?

What happened to the idea that we are primarily responsible for our own welfare with government only assisting those who cannot help themselves?

The current Minister is Leadership Candidate Liz Truss who manages to run this department in her spare time from being Foreign Secretary.

Not only that, but a Conservative Government is asking people to report their employers should there be any perception of a gender pay gap. Nice and friendly to small businesses that do not have HR Departments.

Costs of running this nonsense are a little difficult to gauge but they have a distinguished Director who in his spare time manages also to run the Race Disparity Unit. Presumably, he is not carrying out these gargantuan tasks for minimum wage.

All this futility might conceivably help the sales executive from Milton Keynes but is unlikely to benefit the dinner lady from Motherwell.

UK Independence Party has a role to play in challenging this pantomime.

Put the Government Equalities Office where it belongs - in the nearest dustbin!

Donald MacKay

UK Independence Party – Spokesman for Culture and Wokeness