Subversion

The great Greek Historian Thucydides wrote during the Peloponnesian War (5th c. B.C.) that words change their meaning during times of war.
Foreign and Commonwealth men can easily change from being foreigners by marrying someone who has permanent residence in the UK. They then become part of an "ethnic minority". Furthermore they are then entitled to work and promotion on equal terms with native Britons. Thus is the word "equality" subverted.
This is "thanks" to the European Court of Human Rights (Wrongs?) decision in May 1985which determined in favour of three women (two foreign, one Commonwealth) whose husbands were not allowed to live and work in the UK.