Why governments' attempts to pick winners produce more losers than winners.
Yesterday the EU set a dangerous precedent. Condoning or “grossly trivialising” genocide will become a crime punishable by up to three years in prison across Europe. Now condoning genocide is a ridiculous and sick thing to do, I think most of us will agree. We don't need a law to tell us that. The act was sparked by the German presidency of the EU and maybe in Germany they have reason to implement these tough laws with their history of Nazism and the holocaust. That is their business. I do not see the need for this law to be imposed on Britain however. We already have enough laws about inciting racial hatred and violence, so why impose yet more legislation on us? Graham Watson, MEP, leader of the Liberal group in the European Parliament, said: “The EU has no business legislating on history.
One of the most ill conceived and un-needed policies from the current government is coming back to haunt all of us. The revised 1970 equal pay legislation is just beginning to show its impact - and guess what, women aren't getting pay rises and those on higher salaries are being forced in to getting pay cuts (even higher paid women). I believe that equality in the workplace is an important issues - but it seems that the government takes the meaning of equality not just as an equal opportunity to progress but a right to progress within your chosen career regardless of the circumstance. What ever happened to competition and merit? If a company wants to maximise its output and profits they would be wise to put the best people in place for the job and pay them whatever they want and what the market place demands. This policy is verging on positive discrimination. Whilst on the surface it may appear to be a good policy, the knock on effects are proving to counter any good that it may have done.