[Big Joe]

I am a big believer that any person regardless of height weight faith colour gender sexual orientation should be given a job because they are the best person for that job. ie They have the necessary skills and abilities to do the said job to a high standard. More businesses and particularly the public sector are giving jobs to under achieving people because they tick one of the aforementioned politically correct boxes and so the said organisation can say look one of our key staff is sky blue pink with yellow dots on and during the week he is called Fred but he prefers Loretta at weekends. A few years ago I had to have my rather battered (rugby nose) remodelled. I was told the guy who did it was the best in the North and yes he was. Now I have a film star nose. He is good at what he does and all the other stuff is irrelevant because he has the requisite skills. I would of thought twice if he was only in post because he ticked a politically correct label.
I once over heard a woman who was going for a promotion talking to her friend. She blatantly said that if she didn't get the promotion she would make a claim for discrimination because she was a single parent!!!! no shame. Recent case the Metropolitan Police Officer from a visible ethnic background who was their poster girl for the 2012 Olympic Games. It turns out the said officer has made persistant claims of racism and discrimination when she has basically failed to get her own way a point that was made by the Judge at her latest tribunal when he threw out her case. Hurrah for common sense. Sadly while companies cower in fear at the power of the PC Brigade the rest of us have to put up with people being given jobs they do not have the skill sets for but do tick some PC box. Thoughts ???