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The FSU simply pointed out that colour, nationality and ethnic origin are protected characteristics, so only making white employees attend is in breach of the Equality Act. The theatre’s leadership gulped, hastily ordered a review and promised not to censure anybody for opting out. It adds defensively that anti-oppression training is increasingly provided in UK organisations, and indeed it is, from universities, publishers and quangos to commerce and the ever-anxious BBC. We’ll come to that.
Libby Purves, The Times, 1st June 2025.
