In what can only be described as one of the most bizarre examples of “New Tory” thought, the House of Commons Speaker wants to force parties to publicly reveal how many ethnic minority members they reject as parliamentary candidates.

Apart from ethnic “minorities,” parties will also be forced to state how many women and disabled people apply to be candidates and who are rejected, if the proposal by John Bercow becomes law.

In something which could only otherwise have come out of the reverse speak of George Orwell’s 1984, Mr Bercow said the rule would “help encourage people from different backgrounds to apply to become MPs.”

Mr Bercow added that the proposal was likely to become law after it had received support from the Tories, Labour and Liberal-Democrats.

Apparently previous attempts to “increase diversity have been uneven” and that the “Commons was not representative enough of people who were not white, middle-class, middle-aged and able-bodied.”

According to Mr Bercow, it is not enough that parties publicly provide updates on candidate selection. His proposal takes it a step further and says that future reports need to include who had applied and been rejected.

This would “exert pressure on the parties to drive for greater equality. To monitor progress properly requires data from all stages of the selection process, from the initial call for applicants to the final outcome,” the cross parliamentary committee headed by Mr Bercow on the issue, declared. “Otherwise we will only ever know about the individuals who are successful.”

Mr Bercow’s proposal will now be submitted as an amendment to the upcoming Equality Bill. It will require parties to declare every six months how many “non-selected candidates’ applications” it had received.

Mr Bercow’s proposal takes the earlier call by Tory leader David Cameron for anti-white male selection lists a step further. Previously, Mr Cameron had called for “A-lists” of minority candidates to be pushed in over the heads of local Conservative Party associations.

Now, it seems that the Tories have taken their anti-white mania to new heights and have fully endorsed the principles underlying the Labour Party’s proposed Equality Act.

At least now there can be no doubt in the public’s mind that there is indeed no difference between Tory, Labour and Liberal-Democrat when it comes to putting the indigenous British people last.