I READ in disbelief how a young woman was turned down for a job with the Environment Agency because she was "white English" in origin.
What is this country coming to? The agency's job requirements allegedly welcomed applicants from all backgrounds and from British nationals, provided they were Scottish, Irish or Welsh. So much for the notion of equal opportunities!
We live under a system whereby we are told by the liberal establishment to either "put up or shut up."
I would like to hear what justification the Environment Agency has for such a recruitment policy because, being white English myself, I feel that this is not my country anymore.
JULIAN PAPWORTH, Chandler's Ford.
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