BoJo banished - Liz Truss down. Is Rishi next for the toaster? **threadbans in OP**

There does seem to be a path in the UK for Asian, black, ethnic people to reach high political office. Now maybe that path involves being quite wealthy and going to the correct school etc, which obviously isn't ideal. But the path does at least exist. And the next time Labour is the governing party there will clearly be quite a mix in their cabinet as well, and afaik these will be minorities that are from a more working class background.

This does seem in contrast to the politics of the likes of France, Italy, Germany where the pen-pics and background of the current cabinet is a sea of white faces. Perhaps Germany can be given a pass as they didn't have a big empire so immigration has only recently started. France and Italy, despite their large immigrant populations seem to have minimal representation at government level.

Spain actually seems somewhat similar to the UK, as children of (South/Central America) immigrants appear able to progress in politics.

While I too would question that Sunak has had to "repeatedly justify why he should be selected over obviously less-qualified white candidates", there's no doubt that he was passed over by the Conservative Party for a much less qualified white candidate in his bid for the leadership even though he appeared, on the face of it, to be the better choice.

Whether that was because he was too brown for a lot of party members to stomach or whether he wasn't as deeply involved with shadowy right wing Tufton St. think tanks and willing to do their dirty work is a different matter.

Says the poster who called him the Asian Tony Blair.

I think Truss was chosen by the Tory membership because she was seen as easy to control and willing to do whatever it takes to get in and stay there. She said all the things the base wanted to hear whereas Sunak was somewhat sensible and pragmatic.

Her attempted budget was evidence that she'd be popular among the high-earning Tory members but it was a disaster for real world economics. She lost control because non-Tory members complained and the PP realised they needed to be more subtle about advancing the interests of their membership.

I wouldn't say race wasn't a factor, at least for some voters, but on the whole, I think Truss got in because of the above. Everyone could see she was atrocious but party members saw a useful idiot.

Well his Richy status, rapid rise to top of the greasy pole and lack of experience/ qualifications are all rolled into one I would think.

If he's wise, he'll lean heavily on a wide range of advice from senior civil servants and more experienced politicians. But if he's vainglorious like Johnson or Truss, it's down the tubes.