I’m sure they’ll be partying in Tunbridge Wells tonight 
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One of my key concerns, that I couldn’t work out how to put in writing, is covered by this snip from the BBC;
If and when he makes a mistake, will his background be held against him? And if his policies are unpopular, will that lead to a backlash against South Asians in the UK?
This is a real concern for me.
‘Don’t snigger at the back.’
HAHAHAHAHA
lol at how many replies in here are basically some version of, ‘We were hoping for David Tennant.’
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So the Tories had the first female PM and now will have the first black PM … 
Can totally understand he’s nervous! 
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He is not black you clown.
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First POC to be a PM might be a better way of keeping it.
Just stick to South Asian…but yes he is also a POC so thats fair
We need to move away from this identity based approach…end of the day what’s most important is meritocracy. Besides these are all complete assholes and nonces regardless of skin colour. Priti Patel did do well politically…is she role model for anyone? 
Sunak is simply the first brown oligarch in power. Much more oligarch than brown
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Clown, nice of you to introduce yourself, I am Dutch.
Funny how you dont recify your mistake and instead double down. Very good.
No and no.
Geez, the mood on this forum…
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There is no mistake, you knew exactly what I mean and choose to make it personal, I await you apologies
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I’m not sure anything will change on the “ground”. There are three ways in which Sunak will be viewed:
- He is rich and what people like Trump, Obama, Clinton (either), Blair or Boris has taught us is that no matter how horrid you or your actions are or perceived, everyone wants to be in your rich and famous shoes…
- He is a Conservative and so there is a clear recent lens with which to view him
- He is a politician - another lens with recent colouring
The whole, “Is it because I is Brown” is diluted out by the above and in particularly by 1. Him becoming PM is not going to cause a knee jerk reaction and we suddenly become more xenophobic and leave a broader community… oh wait.
I think he needs to campaign for a wall and he will forever be cemented in the annals of history - otherwise he will be a bit like Obama, a bit of an oddity a blip.
The real issue is poverty and he (or anyone in the near future) is not solving that anytime soon.
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The entire concept of a meritocracy is a fallacy.
The neoliberal agenda wants to brainwash people into believing in a meritocracy so that those who don’t progress are considered failures, unable to compete, while those who do have done so through their own hard work and “talent”.
The truth, of course, is that life isn’t a level playing field to begin with; there must be many people born on northern housing estates, for example, who are more intellectually capable than Boris Johnson or Jacob Rees-Mogg, but they simply haven’t been afforded the same opportunities in life.
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Btw, it can happen that we foreigners sometimes don’t express ourselves politically correctly because we simply don’t know the relevant vocabulary. Friendly hints are very welcome, instructions rather not, since this is certainly not done intentionally.
Edit…please don’t make more of it than it is, thanks
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