Technology secretary says legal requirement that protects women, older people and others from workplace discrimination is ‘really important’ There has been a brutal stabbing in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is a place with a long history of violence – even though the Troubles are long over, paramilitary-style assaults still happen quite regularly – but this attack was particularly vicious and it is getting a lot of attention this morning in part because pictures are circulating which appear to show the attacker was not white. Rightwing politicians are saying the police should give details of his identity as soon as possible. What happened in Belfast last night is horrific. The authorities must reveal the identity and status of the attacker immediately. Last night there was an appallin