Sometimes in life it is better to judge a person by their enemies and certainly this is the case in terms of the continuing furore about Trevor Phillips, the Chairman of the Equalities Commission.
Certainly, there is much to be said to be said for the criticism from the National Audit Office about their Annual Accounts (how can they moan about anyone else if they cannot even do this role with a £70 million budget employing 410 staff - 63% of whom are women). However, what a lot of the other criticism has been about is that the Commission has not paid a significant enough amount of attention to each person's hobby horse.
Whilst this site is rightly no friend of the Equalities Commission considering its 'conspiracy of silence' (also more generally) on men and male discrimination, it is worth looking at some of the criticism and who has been covering it.
Of course, it has been wall to wall coverage in the equality movement's house newspaper The Guardian, where there has been 12 stories on the subject in the last week alone (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12). To and fro the articles have gone, but not one has criticised him for doing nothing for men.
Other significant articles are here:- Daniel Hannan MEP, Daily Telegraph, BBC, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph 2, Independent , Iain Dale.
In some ways it has been hilarious to watch all the world of the politically correct descend into hysteria, certainly with the Ashes rained off today it has been an amusing sideline trawling through the articles. Although, as pointed out, the backlash could be worse for men.
Amongst all of the hullabaloo, it is important not to lose sight that there will now be a two Select Committee investigations into the goings-on by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee and the Joint Human Rights Committee.
Whilst these have been announced to the media, there does not seem to be any press notices or calls for evidence. Whenever, there is a call for evidence, it is time to put in submissions about the conspiracy of silence on men.
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