European Court of Justice

The trouble with logic or indeed philosophy is the places it may lead you. We all know the French love logic/philosophy and indeed insist that it is taught in school. We prefer common sense and common sense tells us that the decision today of the European Court of Justice may be founded in logic but it is sadly lacking in any common sense as it ignores human nature.  There is a difference between the sexes which indeed the French are supposed to celebrate. 'Vive la difference' as they say. The difference between boys and girls is well known when it comes to driving. Boys are in general aggressive drivers and become involved in more accidents than girls. There is a difference between the age to which men and women live with the women beating the men hands down. These factors have sensibly been taken into account by insurers when calculating car insurance premiums and annuity rates. The ECJ has decided such calculations by the insurers are wrong as they infringe the EU equality laws. In other words the Court is denying that there is any difference between a man and a woman. Admittedly this equality fad has gone too far as we know with Harriet Harman's equality law that was passed in the dying hours of the last Labour government. Admittedly the EU thinks it necessary to meddle in all sorts of things it should keep away from but for even the ECJ to come to the conclusion it has on this issue is staggering. This will prove to be another nail in the whole EU project as far as this country is concerned. On that issue I await with baited breath to learn how the Eurozone is going to deal with the Irish request for a re-negotiation of its bail out terms, assuming that the Irish have the guts to pursue their cause to the end. There is no question that if they were dealing with the nasty English as opposed to the nice Germans and French they would be intransigent.