A new body promised by Theresa May to tackle “deep-seated societal injustices” has never been convened and never will be, the Observer has been told.
The former prime minister’s pledge to create the Office for Tackling Injustices (OfTI) won praise from inequality campaigners, who said it was an important part of the battle to reduce opportunity disparities over race, gender, deprivation, sexuality and disability. The chair of the new office was also announced when May unveiled the plan last summer. May, who in her first speech as prime minister in July 2016 pledged to fight against “burning injustice”, said she wanted it to hold “government and wider society to account”.
However, more than eight months after May revealed the plan, the office has never been convened – with some of those involved believing it will never be established.
It'd take a heart of stone, wouldn't it?
6 comments:
WOT? A missed chance to waste our money? Don't worry, the buggers will build a railway or something.
My thoughts are with you love. Take good care of yourself. Things won't go to pot if you need to take some time out. Just concentrate on you. Be strong. J.xxx
I felt enormous support for poor Theresa May in her days as Home Secretary. Surely you must have been impressed with her stand against corrupt police and Injustice, Julia?
Did you fail to marvel at her brave, solitary stand among UK politicians, against the worst of prevailing corruption? Who other than May had the courage to assert that the legitimacy of British policing was in jeopardy following the Stephen Lawrence and other scandals, in a memorable speech that also pledged to break the power of the despicably rotten, police federation?
The price of her integrity was indeed high and a federation warning to anyone with the balls to criticise police, Julia. Never forget 'there' gloating and scoffing at her demise, principally from the federation's 'spittle spokesman', John Apter: "I hold Theresa May personally responsible for the fact that policing is on its knees – it’s been personal for her, and it has been incredibly damaging".
Thanks in particular to the above thugs, the Office for Tackling Injustices May never be.
You just haven't feel sorry for that poor dear Mrs May. She would have delivered us body and soul into the control of the EU if only she could. Could it be that now she has gone and a measure of democracy has returned to the land we don't need this over paid set of hangers on anymore?
MTG - Reminding us of one of Mrs Kay's many failures does not do her any good at all.
Memory of this particular failure has been lost among all the rest.
Or is this comment irony, and I just did not get it?
"Don't worry, the buggers will build a railway or something."
To shave another 10 minutes off the trip to Birmingham? ;)
"Surely you must have been impressed with her stand against corrupt police and Injustice, Julia?"
I can't say I noticed! Did anyone else?
"Could it be that now she has gone and a measure of democracy has returned to the land..."
Not seeing a lot of democracy lately. Are you?
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