A report by the Labour Housing Group and the Labour Campaign for Human Rights urges the party to commit to enshrining the right to decent housing in law
Yesterday the equalities minister, Liz Truss, gave a speech in which she attempted to lay-out a new direction for the British government. The speech (which can be read here) rejected the identity-group politicking of the radical left which has dominated ‘equalities’ discussions in recent years. It tried to describe not just how wrong this has been, but how inadequate it is. One way in which Truss did this was by describing how this government aims to focus on geographic and socio-economic inequality.
She is completely right on this, and the whole racket of groups in the UK which focus on alleged racial or sexual inequality have little to say about such issues. Not just because it doesn’t fall into their bailiwick, or pay their pensions, but because even to admit the conundrum exposes the sectarian and divisive little game they are playing. Such groups need to try to keep hold of the ball, and must pretend that focusing on inequality between the regions of the UK (for instance)