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Ex-Tory Lawmaker: UK’s RAF Should Recruit the Best Irrespective of Sex & Ethnicity_我的网站

一 |     "I think a lot of people have been very surprised, not least in the Armed Forces themselves have been very surprised to hear that there has been a particularly strong positive discrimination in favour of ethnic minorities in the Royal Air Force," Matthew Gordon-Banks, a former Tory lawmaker and retired senior research fellow at the UK’s Defence Academy, explained.,Gordon-Banks suggested that neither the UK Army nor the Royal Navy lack appropriate diversity: "We've seen considerable changes in recent years in our army and even those soldiers who guard the Queen on ceremonial duties ̶ we're seeing a wide range of ethnic minorities also serving, not just white faces," he said.,However, the RAF has possibly become the least attractive service given the fact that the UK has reduced its number of planes and ships, according to the former British lawmaker. He does not rule out that the RAF is "suffering from recruitment problems which have exacerbated the potential lack of diversity at the current time.",‘The Biggest F*** Up in the RAF': UK's Training of Fast Jet Pilots in Crisis, Leaked Docs Claim6 August, 11:14 GMT,Gordon-Banks went on to recall that the head of the British Armed Forces, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, "made clear that he wanted the Royal Air Force chiefs to make diversity a priority” in his very first speech as the combined head of the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force in December 2021.,"So that means, in my view, that the combined head of our Armed Forces is the person who actually started this particular issue," Gordon-Banks claimed. "And the head of the Royal Air Force, Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston, subsequently committed to doubling the number of women to 40% in the RAF by 2030 and also having 20% ethnic minorities serving in our Air Force. And this seems to be a target which has been described as too far, too fast, and in pursuing it, it actually puts diversity targets ahead of ensuring what is best for our Armed Forces operational effectiveness.",Gordon-Banks emphasized that he would be the first to say that having a good ethnic minority and diverse mix in the Armed Forces which reflects the multicultural kind of country that the UK is, is a positive thing. However, it should not come at the expense of operational effectiveness, the former Tory politician noted.,The head of the RAF’s recruiting team – herself a senior female officer whose identity has not been disclosed – recently resigned "in disgust at what reports claim is the imposition of a de facto recruitment freeze on white men in favour of women and candidates from an ethnic minority background," according to the Daily Mail.,"The very idea that a female group captain, head of recruitment of the Royal Air Force, has felt it necessary to tender her resignation because she believes that operational effectiveness is being hindered by an alleged stopping of recruitment of white faced recruits in order to boost ethnic minority recruitment is clearly ridiculous, and that such a senior officer should feel it necessary to tender her resignation highlights a very serious issue, but it's an issue which is being created by the very head of our Combined Armed Forces, Admiral Tony Radakin himself," highlighted Gordon-Banks.,WorldRAF Recruitment Head Reportedly Resigns After Service Temporarily Stops Hiring White Men17 August, 05:57 GMT,"Then you look at the head of the RAF and he's prepared to break the operational requirement of the air force just to meet diversity [targets]," one source said, as quoted by Sky News. Sources within the British Armed Forces have argued that these diversity targets are "impossible.",Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, a contender to become the UK's prime minister, has recently commented on the emerging controversy. "The only thing that should matter in recruitment is the content of your character, not your sex or the colour of your skin," a spokesperson for the Sunak campaign said. "That the Ministry of Defence would allow Britain's security to potentially be put at risk by a drive for so-called 'diversity' is not only disgraceful, it is dangerous.",For its part, the RAF disputed the allegations, insisting that there is no pause in RAF recruitment and no new policy with regards to meeting in-year recruitment requirements, according to Sky News.,"What we should be doing in the UK is ensuring that we are recruiting the best irrespective of ethnicity," Gordon-Banks concluded.。    这是拜登总统支持从污染性气体动力汽车转向无排放EV的最新举措，目标是使2030年销售的所有新车中有50%为EV。

二 | 在此之际，汽车制造商、矿业官员和环保人士对美国为推动电动汽车发展所需的关键矿物供应发出了警告。据悉，DOE的拨款将用于12个州的20个制造和加工公司的项目。根据白宫的说法，这些项目将支持生产足够的锂、石墨和镍以供应每年数百万的新电动汽车电池。此外，这笔资金将用于资助美国第一个大规模、商业化的锂电解质盐生产设施的建设。美DOE还将为一个电极粘合剂设施提供资金，另外还将创建第一个商业规模的国内氧化硅生产设施从而为每年约60万个电动车电池提供阳极材料。

三 | 最后，DOE将资助安装美国第一个磷酸铁锂阴极设施。白宫还在发起一项被称为“美国电池材料倡议(American Battery Material Initiative)”的努力以此来动员整个政府确保用于电力、电气和EV的关键矿物的可靠和可持续供应。这项新的努力将对支持美国的EV生产至关重要，因为美国的电动车生产仍处于非常早期的发展阶段。民主党的新税收和气候法案《减少通货膨胀法》将在未来十年内投入近4000亿美元用于清洁能源倡议，包括EV税收抵免和为在美国制造清洁汽车的公司提供融资。加利福尼亚州表示，它将从2035年开始禁止销售新的汽油动力汽车，预计其他十几个州也将效仿这一举措。但唯一有资格获得7500美元信贷的EV是在北美制造的，使用的电池则是在美国或其贸易伙伴的地下挖掘出来的矿物。

四 | 这些要求在很大程度上被许多观察家认为是几乎无法实现的，因为汽车行业严重依赖来自中国的电池材料和部件。汽车行业一直在为美国国内的不足情况敲响警钟。代表美国几乎所有传统汽车制造商的汽车创新联盟(Alliance for Automotive Innovation)在回应内政部的评论请求时写道：“美国没有大量的电动汽车电池材料的加工能力，并且依赖其他国家的精炼原材料，这使得美国市场面临着被美国控制之外的供应链影响的风险。

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