Rishi Sunak Is Britain’s First Asian Prime Minister – But It’s No Progressive Victory

THE GUARDIAN – OPINION: The new PM’s rise is a great achievement, but his hardline views mean this is a less transformative moment than many hoped for

Rishi Sunak at the Conservative campaign headquarters in London, 24 October 2022. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Alas, for Tory party members it was still preferable to elect a white woman than a brown man; just as well they won’t be able to vote on his appointment this time.

In that sense, Sunak’s ascent is an undeniably great achievement, whether or not you agree with his politics. Without being able to claim any kind of salt-of-the-earth immigrant backstory, Sunak has still defied the odds as an Asian man to make it to the highest position in the land. His journey is a reminder of how black and brown Britons have to fight against the current to be taken seriously.

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