It is the reverse sweep of colonialism, not the diversity of democracy. After Boris Johnson resigned, candidates from former colonies in Asia and Africa competed for the position of leader of the british Conservative Party, which was once closely linked to the Empire, imperialism, and the british national identity. The son of indian immigrants from british East Africa eventually made it to the top, becoming the nation's first Asian Prime minister, following an unsuccessful first attempt.
Initially leading in the campaign to succeed Johnson was Rishi Sunak, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, or Finance minister, of the United Kingdom, whose abrupt departure brought about the circumstances that drove an implacable Johnson to finally quit earlier this year.
Sajid Javid and Rehman Chishti, two British-born Pakistani ministers, Nadhim Zahawi, Sunak's Iraqi Kurd successor, Attorney General Suella Braverman, whose family has goa roots, and former minister Kemi Badenoch, a Nigerian, were among the possibilities. home Secretary Priti Patel, who is also of indian descent like Sunak and Braverman, opted not to participate. Sunak and Badenoch will compete against Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Trade minister Penny Mordaunt, and backbencher mp Tom Tugendhat, who also happens to be half-French, after Javid and Chishti and Zahawi and Braverman withdrew from the contest after failing to generate enough traction to even enter it.
Initially leading in the campaign to succeed Johnson was Rishi Sunak, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, or Finance minister, of the United Kingdom, whose abrupt departure brought about the circumstances that drove an implacable Johnson to finally quit earlier this year.
Sajid Javid and Rehman Chishti, two British-born Pakistani ministers, Nadhim Zahawi, Sunak's Iraqi Kurd successor, Attorney General Suella Braverman, whose family has goa roots, and former minister Kemi Badenoch, a Nigerian, were among the possibilities. home Secretary Priti Patel, who is also of indian descent like Sunak and Braverman, opted not to participate. Sunak and Badenoch will compete against Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Trade minister Penny Mordaunt, and backbencher mp Tom Tugendhat, who also happens to be half-French, after Javid and Chishti and Zahawi and Braverman withdrew from the contest after failing to generate enough traction to even enter it.
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