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February 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Kirsty Walker
Last updated at 12:05 AM on 9th February 2012
David Cameron wants more women promoted to Britain’s boardrooms
Britain’s economy will ‘fail’ unless more women are promoted into boardrooms, the Prime Minister warned yesterday.
David Cameron said that business leaders had not made ‘sufficient’ progress in ensuring women get top jobs.
He will today look at controversial plans for so-called ‘golden skirt quotas’, which would force business leaders to ensure that women are fairly represented in the boardroom.
The Government has already called for firms to more than double the number of women in boardrooms by 2015, but these quotas are voluntary.
Ministers have said that a minimum of 25 per cent of a company’s executives should be female.
However, women currently make up just 15 per cent of FTSE 100 directors.
Government figures show that an extra £42billion would be pumped into the economy if British female entrepreneurship reached the same level as in the U.S.
Ahead of a summit of Nordic and Baltic leaders, the Prime Minister said there was a ‘positive link’ between business success and the number of women in top roles.
Mr Cameron added: ‘The drive for more women in business is not simply about equal opportunity, it’s about effectiveness. It’s about quality, not just equality.
‘Women now make up nearly half the workforce across Europe and the majority of university degrees. But they are still not sufficiently represented at the senior boardroom level.
Record: The Prime Minister has been criticised for the lack of women in his cabinet
‘The evidence is that there is a positive link between women in leadership and business performance, so if we fail to unlock the potential of women in the labour market, we’re not only failing those individuals, we’re failing our whole economy.’
At the Northern Future forum in Stockholm, Mr Cameron will today talk to the leaders of countries such as Iceland and Norway which have introduced compulsory quota systems for businesses.
In Norway, for example, 40 per cent of a board must be made up of women. But the threat of compulsory quotas at home would be deeply controversial at a time when businesses are struggling.
Among the British cabinet, which currently has 22 members in addition to the Prime Minister, there are five women: Theresa May, home secretary; Justine Greening, transport secretary; Caroline Spelman, environment secretary; Cheryl Gillan, Welsh secretary; and Baroness Warsi, minister without portfolio.
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Some of the best bosses I have ever had were women but I would love to see Cameron’s evidence that somehow our economy would magically grow because we forcibly swapped some men for women. So called “Positive” discrimination is still discrimination. Meritocracy is surely the only way for a forward thinking, fair minded society.
I also love the quote “The drive for more women in business is not simply about equal opportunity, it’s about effectiveness. It’s about quality, not just equality”. A sweeping statement that boils down to “Women are better than men”. Great approach to equality there Dave.
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Bull$hit.
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What ever happened to the BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB and follow other countries rules – only employ an overseas worker if they can prove there is no British worker with the same skill sets. Get our own people off the dole and into jobs. Keep the PC/Euro brigade on a leash as they are ruining our country.
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Yes Dave like the woman running Cadbury’s who closed the plant and sacked the workforce.
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Credit where due, he set a low standard and has failed to achieve it far in excess of expectation.
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If more women stayed in the home where they are supposed to be, there would be more jobs for young men
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Yes,dont worry whether they are the best person for the role,just do it as Cameron has lost 80 percent of woman voters and needs a boost.Lets be honest,all Camerons policies have been against woman.This is yet another attempt to try to win some back,but we are not so stupid Mr Cameron.It is actually an insult that you think they cant get there by themselves.
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I agree we need more women in the boardroom.
Who else is going to make the tea and wipe the surfaces down when those there on merit not gender have done their work?
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Official proof that the man is certifiable.
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Sometimes your heart really goes out to David Cameron. I guess he just has stupidity – hard wired into his genetic DNA. No matter what confronts him – he’ll always and forever – simply do the wrong thing – and go the wrong way. There’s no cure – it’s simply …. terminally hopeless.
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