Government legislation that threatens the free market and choice is legislation that will also threaten all freedoms. These are being taken from us in the UK, one by one.
For example, 80% of UK legislation now comes from the European Union - so why do we have a massive and expensive Parliament, desperately looking for initiatives to justify the bloated lifestyles of MPs and civil servants?
For example, the EU cannot see the role for the independent service sector which is a major part of the free and open motor market in the UK - but not across all Europe. The main reason that the Commission cannot see the need for independent garages is that the UK government has not made the case; presumably the pressure from the motor manufacturers is more than from the motor service industry. This is despite the fact that very few in the UK are employed in manufacture by British companies - whilst tens of thousands are working in the independent servicing industry with branches across all cities towns and many villages.
Inevitably, motor manufacturing jobs are doomed to disappear in the UK as overseas head offices prune their costs and the payroll. And so will service ones go if manufacturers have the monopoly. Soon the British motorist will only be able to get cars serviced by the motor manufacturers' distributors ... and I wonder what might happen to servicing costs then, when there will be no competition from the independent sector?
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This lunatic suggestion will not help prevent racism but will prevent many businesspeople making informed employment choices and using their own judgments.
These two initiatives are clearly planned by people who have never run a business and have no idea about competition or about employment. If we are to have no names on job applications, then why not no addresses or no education details to avoid any prejudice against districts and regions or, even, a bias against the ill-educated?
Roger Haywood is the UK's leading issues analyst who originated the concept of issues management. He is the only person to have chaired both the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He also helped form and chaired the world's largest network of independent business communications consultancies.
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