Sir – It is suggested that the Equality Bill has very little to do with Class. S.1(1) of the Equality Bill 2009 states: An authority to which this section applies must, when making decisions of a strategic nature about how to exercise its functions, have due regard to the desirability of exercising them in a way that is designed to reduce the inequalities of outcome which result from socio-economic disadvantage. Although a citizen will have no right in private law to challenge any decisions made under that sub-section there will be an option to exercise judicial review proceedings. Administrators who fear that judicial review proceedings may damage their authority’s reputation will apply the provisions in that sub-section robustly thus distorting strategic judgment. The social and economic costs will multiply ultimately to be borne by the taxpayer. In other words class warfare is embedded into this legislation. The negative discrimination provisions apply to the commercial sector in the supply of goods, facilities and services. If I were a Sikh I would request a Muslim architect to design for me a Sikh temple. The Muslim would reject the request on the ground of conscience. I would sue and cash in. The Bill would unleash a tremendous gale of social destruction and give birth to bitterness for generations to come. Have you people learnt nothing from Northern Ireland? S.153 is headed positive action in recruitment and promotion. The provision does in fact permit that which is currently illegal: positive discrimination; selecting someone because they are, say, black for example. If I were a black student why would I want to work hard to achieve good grades knowing that I would be in line for my racial discount in the employment market? The provision is destructive of the education of black children. This provision about positive discrimination (euphemistically called positive action) supplies a legal principle emerging in human rights and EU employment law: ‘Legal inequalities will correct factual inequalities.’ So then the assumption is that negative discrimination is being systematically exercised and there is no other cause for an explanation such as different career choices being exercised by women for example because of having families. This Socialist government is very much like the old South African police: ‘The South African Police would leave no stone unturned to see that nothing disturbed the even terror of their lives.’ Tom Sharpe, Indecent Exposure (1973) Ch. 1