English Local Council, Mayoralty and Police Commissioner Elections 2016

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All the City of Newcastle results in so this is the combined result below (changes) on 2012.

Very much a Labour sharply down (but retaining seats) & Labour to Ukip drift outside London emerging tonight as Mike @Inseriousity; mentioned earlier

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London now has a racist Mayor with the disgraceful Sadiq Khan winning.

http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...nsport-for-lon

Sadiq Khan: There are too many white men on Transport for London

[AgnesIO]

London now has a racist Mayor with the disgraceful Sadiq Khan winning.

http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...nsport-for-lon

Calling for diversity on the TfL board to better reflect the makeup of London, both in gender and race =\= racist? Damn, you must hate the entire private sector of the world.

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Calling for diversity on the TfL board to better reflect the makeup of London, both in gender and race =\= racist? Damn, you must hate the entire private sector of the world.

The private sector chooses people for the job based on their ability to do the job, not their skin colour or any other irrelevant attributes. The board of TfL is there to run a good service, not "reflect" society at large which is mostly white anyway just as society at large in India is mostly brown. Worrying about the skin colour complexion of the board of TfL is one of the most racist statements I have heard. In addition to that, being brown/black/yellow or white does not automatically make you anymore qualified to do a job unless you're literally rehearsing for a character role.

Imagine the outrage if somebody said there's too many black men in Hackney market. Or too many muslim men owning corner shops in Tower Hamlets.

[AgnesIO]

The private sector chooses people for the job based on their ability to do the job, not their skin colour or any other irrelevant attributes.

Hahahaha haha, no it doesn't. The tech industry is desperately trying to get more women in senior positions, more ethnic minorities also (hence why they publish annual reports on their diversity targets). Most of the world is desperate for more women in senior positions.

Stop living in a dream world; almost every industry in the world is asking for the exact same thing as Mr. Khan.

[FlyingJesus]

Companies are asking for such things because they're made to; anyone with any sense knows that it's more important to have people who can do a job well than to have forced token "minorities" (as if women are a minority anyway) just to plump figures and make things look lovely

[AgnesIO]

Companies are asking for such things because they're made to; anyone with any sense knows that it's more important to have people who can do a job well than to have forced token "minorities" (as if women are a minority anyway) just to plump figures and make things look lovely

As far as I can tell, I'm not disputing such a fact. I am simply disputing Dan's assertion of what the private sector does; simply put, it isn't true. Of course, the argument can be made that a diverse workforce brings its benefits, but that is another dispute (and well, women are by definition a minority when it comes to the boardroom...).

Believe me, as a middle class British male, jobs given for the sake of diversity don't benefit me; I'm merely pointing out the facts.

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What Tom said is right and I have no idea why you're bringing private sector into it as TfL is a state body.

Khan is a racist end of story.

[AgnesIO]

What Tom said is right and I have no idea why you're bringing private sector into it as TfL is a state body.

Khan is a racist end of story.

What Tom said is irrelevant to my point. If you questioned why I brought the private sector into it originally I'd half accept your point. On the basis you tried to argue that the private sector only chooses based on ability, I'll just take that as confirmation that you know nothing about private sector business. Congratulations.

[FlyingJesus]

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