Abandon Ship!

EHRC shuffles the deck(chairs)

jane fae
5 min readMay 18, 2023
The image is adapted from the painting, ‘The raft of the Medusa’ by Théodore Géricault. It shows survivors of an infamous shipwreck who have now been travelling on a raft in open seas for 13 days. On the sail is a logo which looks remarkably similar to the EHRC logo. One of the survivors is gazing dejectedly into the water, while saying: “‘Personally, I blame the trans…’
Adapted from ‘The raft of the Medusa’ (1819) by Théodore Géricault: public domain

What is going on at the EHRC? There have been resignations aplenty — and rumours abound of more to come.

Once upon a time, this might have been big news story. But in UK 2023, not a peep.

We are so not being told.

Now read on…

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Do you have experience promoting diversity and equality? Human Rights? Are you looking for a job that will make use of your skills?

Look no further! For the EHRC, staunch defender of equal opps in the UK, is looking for a Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Gissajob!

Grand, eh? Well, 95 to 115 grand, actually. That, it appears, is going rate for a super-annuated civil servant eager and willing to take up the reins.

But do hurry, as closing date for applications is 12 pm (sic!) on 18 May. Though, oddly, since at least 12 May the ad claimed they were no longer accepting applications.

Also, as every pedant knows, 12pm is an ambiguous time, used by some to indicate noon, by others, midnight.

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jane fae

Feminist, writer, campaigner on political and sexual liberty who also knows a bit about IT, the law and policing. Not entirely serious…