Category: Comment

By Philippa Box

ALL 65 councillors at ‘Wokemoreland & Fairness Council’ will be getting lessons in equality and diversity – all paid for by you, the taxpayer, naturally.

At its annual meeting last week, the self-aggrandizing Lib Dem-run council decreed that “equality, diversity and inclusion” brainwashing training is now “essential”.

It’s not enough to go through life without ever having been racist or intolerant…you now have to prove it by sitting an exam!

“God help any of us who refuses to take part,” one baffled opposition councillor tells me who wonders what’s coming next?

Town twinning with Syria?

It’s just further evidence of the new council pandering to barmy ideals about fixing the world rather than focusing on its actual job.

For some reason, the new unitary seems to regard itself as one up from the UK Government and one down from the United Nations rather than what it is – a small rural rubbish bin collector.

(It’s been slapping massive daft rainbow flag stickers on refuse wagons, which we’re sure will make all the difference to the fight for equality!)

It also plans this colourful political graffiti in libraries, leisure centres and buildings.

“How much money have you wasted on this?” asked one person of the council on Fakebook.

Another commentator suggested that Westmorland and Furness needs to focus on prioritising services “required by local council tax payers”.

What a novel idea – it’ll never catch on!