Equalities watchdog undermines itself by refusing to examine Tory Islamophobia
Boris Johnson’s comments about the clothes worn by Muslim women are only part of the huge volume of Islamophobia and racial hatred he has tried to stir up on his own – but the EHRC is happy to let the Tories investigate accusations against the party.
It won’t matter what the Equality and Human Rights Commission has to say about Labour and anti-Semitism now.
It is clear that the organisation is not fit for purpose as, despite having “equality” as part of its title, it is incapable even of treating the UK’s two main political parties equally.
Boris Johnson’s behaviour alone provides a prima facie case for investigating Islamophobia in the Conservative Party.
If the EHRC can’t see that, then no decision it makes about the Labour Party can have any weight at all.
I recommend that it be disbanded and replaced by an organisation staffed by people who can do the job properly.
The Conservative Party will not face a probe by the equalities watchdog over Islamophobia in its ranks after launching its own independent investigation into discrimination.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said an investigation “would not be proportionate” after the Tories published the terms of reference for the party’s own inquiry, which included specific mentions of Islamophobia.
But the terms were described as a “facade” by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which argued the Tories’ investigation was too narrow even compared to Labour’s much-criticised Chakrabarti inquiry into anti-Semitism.
The inquiry would “hide the hundreds of incidences of Islamophobic bigotry” in the Tory party identified by the MCB, it said.
Source: Tories Will Not Face Islamophobia Probe By Equalities Watchdog | HuffPost UK
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All these institutions are biased towards the Conservatives and against the Labour Party. It seems to be deep rooted into parts of our society that the Tories can do no wrong and the Labour Party can’t do anything right.