Posted on 10/24/2022 5:40:26 AM PDT by Salman
LONDON — Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor of the Exchequer, was poised to become Britain’s next prime minister as soon as Monday, after Boris Johnson pulled out of the race to succeed Liz Truss on Sunday evening. If Mr. Sunak wins, he will become the first person of color, the first person of Indian heritage and the first person of Hindu faith to lead Britain.
Mr. Sunak, who lost a leadership contest to Ms. Truss this summer, is the clear front-runner, with the public backing of 192 Conservative lawmakers as of Monday afternoon, according to the BBC. That number represents more than half of Conservative members of parliament. Mr. Sunak’s only remaining rival, Penny Mordaunt, had the public backing of 27 lawmakers.
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“...he will become the first person of color, the first person of Indian heritage and the first person of Hindu faith to lead Britain....”
No. One. Cares.
How about a vote? They just keep installing leader after leader who doesn’t have a mandate from the people.
Communist or Socialist?
Rishi Sunak.....Now there’s a real British sounding name...
If Mr. Sunak wins, he will become the first person of color, the first person of Indian heritage...
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Interesting, as Indians are caucasians.
Yep, a typical leg-before-wicket English person.
The Pakis will just love that. /s
Have you ever seen any albino Indians? They look exactly like Norwegians.
To quote Carriage Hill, "No. One. Cares."
Ya sure you betcha, don’t ya know?
wife had some kind of special tax exempt status but there was such an outcry (and she was getting ready for him to get the PM position) she has voluntarily announced she will forgo that special status on her billion dollar fortune
Tory race to be next PM nears deadline with focus on Mordaunt
Published 30 minutes ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63370359
Yes, this will create a “sticky wicket” for sure...
Sunak is more of a globalist than anything else who’ll make sure that all the woke tick boxes are checked. I guess you’d call him a “TINO” (Tory in name only).
BINO - British in Name Only
WEF boy
Bingo!
Well that’s what Britain looks like nowadays.
The significant Muslim population in the U.K. cares very much.
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