POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION LAWYER STYLE
I was "accosted" by a conservative solicitor from Dewsbury last week, who for some reason wanted to complain about the Labour Party Policy of "All Women Short Lists". Apparently he wanted us to introduce "All Muslim Short Lists", he hadn't introduced himself as a Conservative by the way.I don't know how the discussion got to where it did, but ended up with him saying the Labour Party should have had an "All Muslim Women Short List" for Batley & Spen.
The only thing I can think inspired him to this view was remembering there was a Dewsbury Woman Solicitor who desperately wanted to be an MP. When she found out that the Labour Party, didn't have an "All Women, All Muslim (All Solicitor) Short Listing Policy" and unreasonably to her mind did insist that candidates were members of the Labour Party decided to join the Conservative Party.
Her choice for her paid off, for despite never winning an election in her life ended up in the Cabinet.
A further irony is that any member of the legal proffesion that has anything to offer on the subject of equal oppertunities as members of the profession that is only exceeded in nepotism by membership of the Royal Family.
