The defense would have had fair chances if West had taken this and returned the suit.
That means actively promoting fair chances – not just equal opportunities – and tackling vested interests to do so, even when some employers or vice-chancellors may not like it.
*Up to 6,000 new teachers will earn a £10,000 "golden handcuffs" payment to work in more than 500 underperforming schools, the Government will announce today in a White Paper on social mobility, Fair Chances for the Future.
Everything we have done since 1997, and everything we do this week in Manchester, is driven by one thing: our united commitment to fair rules, fair chances, and a fair say for all.
I've come up with this worldview which I think is the worldview that we have to do, which is we have to be heading towards a world where there are fair chances.
Sport is fiercely meritocratic: those at the top have clearly got there by talent (though that should not end the argument about how much that talent should be worth, and particularly whether the best off should not contribute fairly to helping to provide fair chances for all).
