Originally Posted by Anthony Butcher

BBC NEWS | UK | Straw: too many white male judges
That's right. Sod whether they are picking the best people for the job. All that matters is their skin colour and sex.

Labour's racism and sexism is disgusting.

Just as worrying, Straw appears to be saying that the rulings that the judges make are influenced by their race and sex. That not only means that the system isn't working, but also that judgments are essentially a lottery, depending on whether you get a white judge or a black judge etc.

The only alternative is that he isn't suggesting that white male judges are incapable of making objective judgements, but that would mean that the 'representative' system is purely for public relations. In which case he is advocating the appointment of less able candidates on the basis of skin colour and sex... i.e. his wants to reduce the effectiveness of the judiciary in order to appease...er... I can't imagine any sane person actually supporting this nonsense.