There's a delicious irony in Met Commissioner Ian Blair being dragged before an industrial tribunal accused of racial discrimination. For some reason, the words 'petard' and 'hoist' spring to mind.
Short of converting to Islam and turning up at Scotland Yard in a Bob Marley T-shirt, no one could have done more to prostrate himself in front of the altar of diversity.
Most people think that's how he got the job in the first place. So it's no great surprise to discover that he's 'hurt' at finding himself facing these allegations.
'There's not a racist bone in Ian's body,' said one of his sympathisers.
Unfortunately, that's no longer any defence. According to the definition established by the Macpherson Inquiry, which Blair backed to the hilt as he greased his way up the promotion ladder, 'racism' doesn't have to be intentional. It doesn't even have to be real.
All that is required is for someone - not necessarily the 'victim' - to interpret an action as 'racist'.
Guilty as charged. Take him down. So he's on a hiding to nothing now that his Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur has decided to sue.
Ghaffur claims that he was passed over for the job of Deputy Commissioner because of his ethnicity. He also alleges that is why his five-year contract at Scotland Yard, which currently has him overseeing security in the run-up to the Olympics, is not being renewed when it expires in March.
The man who got the job, Paul Stephenson, was formerly chief constable of Lancashire, a traditional route to the top of the Met.
Ghaffur's application to become a chief constable has been turned down by three different forces - Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands. Is he claiming that there is a national conspiracy to prevent officers from ethnic minorities getting the top job?
In which case, how did Mike Fuller become the first black chief constable of Kent, one of the whitest counties in Britain?
Couldn't the truth be that Ghaffur has risen as far as his abilities justify? I've no doubt that if Tarique were half as good as he thinks he is, he'd long ago have been made a chief constable and would now be in the running to succeed Blair. Under Labour, the Home Office is desperate to promote members of ethnic minorities throughout the public services.
Plenty of white coppers are pensioned off feeling bitter that they've been passed over for a promotion they believed was rightfully theirs.
The difference is they didn't believe their skin colour or religion entitled them to a trebles-all-round compensation package.
Hilariously, Ghaffur's outraged spokesman is one Ali Dizaei, president of the National Black Police Association.
Regular readers will remember the bold Dizaei - an Iranian, who is about as black as I am - walking away from criminal charges, including perverting the course of justice and fiddling his expenses.
Even though an official inquiry said that several other disciplinary allegations were 'capable of proof', Ian Blair, under pressure from then Home Secretary David Blunkett, caved in and not only gave Dizaei £60,000 compensation but also promoted him to commander.
Comical Ali was also allowed to write a book trashing the Met, in total contravention of police rules, pocketing even more money. He subsequently had to make an apology in open court to two former colleagues he libelled.
Only this week, the Mail's Stephen Wright revealed that Dizaei is under investigation again, this time for charging £5,000 worth of expensive designer shoes and dresses, plus visits to clubs and bars, to his police credit card. No doubt he'll get an even bigger pay-out when these allegations are dropped in the face of fresh claims of 'racism'.
Is it any wonder that Ghaffur thinks there's a large drink in it for him? He's not alone. Met traffic commander Shabir Hussain - the Yard's first Asian superintendent - has told a tribunal he's a victim of discrimination, too, after being passed over for yet another promotion. He claims Blair has a 'golden circle' of white favourites.
Of course, playing the race card isn't confined to the upper echelons of the Old Bill.
Increasingly, it's a get out of jail free card - literally, in the case of Naomi Campbell, who escaped a prison sentence for going berserk on a plane and kicking and spitting at police officers. Risibly, in mitigation, she accused staff of calling her a 'golliwog'.
If she really were a victim of racism, she'd probably be asking people if they'd 'like fries with that' in some South London outpost of Burgers 'R' Us, instead of swanning round the world first-class being paid a king's ransom for modelling over-priced frocks.
That's not to say racism doesn't exist. This column has long since argued the case for the workforce reflecting the society it purports to represent. continues here
Short of converting to Islam and turning up at Scotland Yard in a Bob Marley T-shirt, no one could have done more to prostrate himself in front of the altar of diversity.
Most people think that's how he got the job in the first place. So it's no great surprise to discover that he's 'hurt' at finding himself facing these allegations.
'There's not a racist bone in Ian's body,' said one of his sympathisers.
Unfortunately, that's no longer any defence. According to the definition established by the Macpherson Inquiry, which Blair backed to the hilt as he greased his way up the promotion ladder, 'racism' doesn't have to be intentional. It doesn't even have to be real.
All that is required is for someone - not necessarily the 'victim' - to interpret an action as 'racist'.
Guilty as charged. Take him down. So he's on a hiding to nothing now that his Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur has decided to sue.
Ghaffur claims that he was passed over for the job of Deputy Commissioner because of his ethnicity. He also alleges that is why his five-year contract at Scotland Yard, which currently has him overseeing security in the run-up to the Olympics, is not being renewed when it expires in March.
The man who got the job, Paul Stephenson, was formerly chief constable of Lancashire, a traditional route to the top of the Met.
Ghaffur's application to become a chief constable has been turned down by three different forces - Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands. Is he claiming that there is a national conspiracy to prevent officers from ethnic minorities getting the top job?
In which case, how did Mike Fuller become the first black chief constable of Kent, one of the whitest counties in Britain?
Couldn't the truth be that Ghaffur has risen as far as his abilities justify? I've no doubt that if Tarique were half as good as he thinks he is, he'd long ago have been made a chief constable and would now be in the running to succeed Blair. Under Labour, the Home Office is desperate to promote members of ethnic minorities throughout the public services.
Plenty of white coppers are pensioned off feeling bitter that they've been passed over for a promotion they believed was rightfully theirs.
The difference is they didn't believe their skin colour or religion entitled them to a trebles-all-round compensation package.
Hilariously, Ghaffur's outraged spokesman is one Ali Dizaei, president of the National Black Police Association.
Regular readers will remember the bold Dizaei - an Iranian, who is about as black as I am - walking away from criminal charges, including perverting the course of justice and fiddling his expenses.
Even though an official inquiry said that several other disciplinary allegations were 'capable of proof', Ian Blair, under pressure from then Home Secretary David Blunkett, caved in and not only gave Dizaei £60,000 compensation but also promoted him to commander.
Comical Ali was also allowed to write a book trashing the Met, in total contravention of police rules, pocketing even more money. He subsequently had to make an apology in open court to two former colleagues he libelled.
Only this week, the Mail's Stephen Wright revealed that Dizaei is under investigation again, this time for charging £5,000 worth of expensive designer shoes and dresses, plus visits to clubs and bars, to his police credit card. No doubt he'll get an even bigger pay-out when these allegations are dropped in the face of fresh claims of 'racism'.
Is it any wonder that Ghaffur thinks there's a large drink in it for him? He's not alone. Met traffic commander Shabir Hussain - the Yard's first Asian superintendent - has told a tribunal he's a victim of discrimination, too, after being passed over for yet another promotion. He claims Blair has a 'golden circle' of white favourites.
Of course, playing the race card isn't confined to the upper echelons of the Old Bill.
Increasingly, it's a get out of jail free card - literally, in the case of Naomi Campbell, who escaped a prison sentence for going berserk on a plane and kicking and spitting at police officers. Risibly, in mitigation, she accused staff of calling her a 'golliwog'.
If she really were a victim of racism, she'd probably be asking people if they'd 'like fries with that' in some South London outpost of Burgers 'R' Us, instead of swanning round the world first-class being paid a king's ransom for modelling over-priced frocks.
That's not to say racism doesn't exist. This column has long since argued the case for the workforce reflecting the society it purports to represent. continues here
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