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Will 2022 be the year when we begin to curtail the excesses, and reverse the growth, of the seemingly unstoppable “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion” industry? The scale of corporate and government capture by this juggernaut is vast; it hoovers up scarce resources which would be better deployed elsewhere, and results in endless form-filling, box-ticking and “impact-assessments”. At the same time, it stifles free speech and open debate as everyone feels compelled to go along with its conformist requirements. If we do manage to turn the tide, a key participant will be Kemi Badenoch, the Minister for Levelling Up Communities and Equalities.
and the finishing up flurry In a short letter to colleagues, Badenoch calmly says things that have become virtually unsayable in the public sphere. In doing so she creates the space for an urgently needed debate about our sprawling suffocating Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion Industry. Is it now helping to unite us or divide us? How does it make us better off? What should we do differently? Do we really want to eliminate difference, or celebrate it, or somewhere in between? What are we actually trying to achieve?