It is great that Britain has a person of colour as Prime Minister.

To be fair though, he's a multi-millionaire, it's not like he's a salt-of-the-earth taxi driver/shop owner. What I mean is, despite his skin tone, he's basically white.

Rishi Sunak is set to raise taxes. Anagram of his name is High Risk Anus.

I suppose if we're going to have a ridiculously long view, there were a number of Roman emperors and popes with Berber heritage. But I'm rather struggling.

But let's be honest he's about as British as he is Indian or American, which is to say, not a great deal.

He's amiable, well-educated, and intelligent (and certainly compared to anyone since Major, whom I don't remember anyway, I'd be very prepared to invite him for dinner). And a barking dog for the particularly cancerous sort of capitalist world-citizen.

I see Rishi's advent less as a success for non-white British people as for the structural influence of global capital permitted and encouraged ever since since Mrs T. The United Kingdom isn't particularly British any more (the sort of British in which I'm extremely happy to include people of Mr Sunak's background, incidentally, ie I certainly don't mean British as a shorthand for 'white'!!), but like most of the western world we're living in a globalist's plaything. Cameron was doing great at representing global capital's interests until he f*cked up on Brexit through his general laziness, while his 3 successors were variously inept, mendacious, and mad, so that Brexit, Covid (that bit isn't anyone's fault ofc), and Trussmess caused all havoc to break loose.

But it's ok now, because we've got someone back in charge to represent the interests of finance again, and who isn't interested in the petty tribalism of actually caring about the specific group of people who live in these islands. Phew.

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From Twitter

@MitchBenn
Rishi Sunak’s rise to PM shows that racism is no longer an issue in the modern Conservative Party as long as you’re incredibly rich and well connected, and as long as you don’t ask the actual party members.

On a brighter note ;

Mujtaba Rahman
@Mij_Europe
Sunak will also aim to reset relations with EU. There's simply no way a former FinMin will sign off on a trade war with EU - no matter how many headbangers on the Right try to convince him otherwise.

Am also sceptical he will repeal EU laws as part of an ideological crusade (as @trussliz promised) but to judge them on what is best for British business.

I also understand Sunak will attempt to invest in the relationship with @EmmanuelMacron - in the hope that co-operation will finally produce a solution to the problem of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.

It is very good and a rare note of optimism from the past two months. To those who point out that he is rich and privileged, that is beside the point. His ethnic heritage is something that he cannot hide, any more than Margaret Thatcher could disguise the fact that she was a woman. Both are extraordinary achievers in their own right, whatever we personally may feel about their politics.

good for Sunak. Hope he does well.

{@burnley123] well really his ethnic culture really does not matter he was the best candidate they had . it shows racism is slowly being addressed and we can all exist in a multi ethnic society

I also thought that we crossed a bridge, and burnt it when we got to the other side, when President Obama was elected.

In fact, the net effect, was the awakening of deeply rooted racism, that manifested itself in the "Tea Party", and eventually Donald Trump.

Wait until you get someone in the UK, asking for the guy's "real" birth certificate.

The UK is not a 'black' country though so there's still a significant disparity with the diaspora of nationalities living in the country. Have there ever been 'native' people in the UK or anywhere in Europe with dark-coloured skin?

Also Rishi Sunak is a wealthy elite so the right-wing conservatives will be in heaven to have a 'member' of the elite corporate cartel now the PM of the UK.

Unlike here in Australia where us 'white' people are a new invention in the last 200 or so years and indigenous Australians with primarily dark skin have occupied the lands comprising modern Australia for upwards of 10000 years before caucasians 'discovered' the place.

I hope he'll do well but at least it's good the country isn't in total full chaos. I think it probably could be worse though I do agree with others that he has millions so that probably helps.

{@burnley123] if you look at the republican party of the united states where they have afro americans in there party and there leader trump is a proven racist bigot

i don't like that globalist at all, nothing to do with him being asian.

Are you a racist? I don't care what color the man or woman's skin is. Can they do the job? It has been quite a number of years since GB had an outstanding PM. Most of them came across as complete flakes regardless of skin color or plumbing.

I could care less about the color

I hope he does good

The people of Britain didn't vote Sunak into power. The average Conservative voting Brit would not have voted in a person of colour.

Why? What makes a person of colour so great?

Ireland, both a person of color (you need to run a spell checker) and a sexual minority.

It won't last long. After-all, many Brits despise Meghan.

Tokenism seems useless.

I think he will do well as a PM shame he did not get it before Boris, Britain has put it self in a no win ever situation with brexit, going back in is not an option unless the UK is willing to give up the pound and have a lot less to say as it did before. Staying out means still keeping the EU rules and regulations just incase the UK might want to rejoin. Brexit was just a big silly dream

We aren't major, but we're important, we had Leo Vradkar , he's gay as well as bi racial

Ireland and Leo Vardarker ?

I don't know. That's a little bit like being happy that Herschel Walker won an election. It might be nice to see somebody of color do it, but if his politics are bad, he's bad for the people.