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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

They sound like they're a bit muddled about how the Equality Act actually works though, bless them, based on this other quote from the same article:

"The qualifications of an ethnic group, there are five of them, and we hit everyone straight in the bullseye."

There are another few instances where the guy specifically says "ethnic group", and I even chased up the source to check it wasn't just rubbish reporting, because as you highlight, it's not too farfetched that they might be considered a protected minority group, but that's entirely different than them being considered a minority ethnic group.

Unsurprised that the pro-fox-hunting people have more money than sense. I imagine their lawyers are better versed on the equality act than their spokesman, and are making the beliefs argument rather than the ethnic minority one.