THIS JUST IN – The United Kingdom, long seen as symbolizing racism and colonialism, has waded into uncharted territory with the colonial power’s first ever non-white prime minister.
Member of Parliament for Richmond (York), Rishi Sunak with all his strong Indian features, has finally cracked the strongest glass ceiling to become prime minister of the United Kingdom.
King Charles III will have to make the official announcement, but Rishi Sunak has scaled all the marks required to become prime minister.
Many saw this day coming when Sunak waded through a crowded field to pull runner-up to Liz Truss in the fight to succeed Boris Johnson.
After Truss’ short-live tenure at 10 Downing Street, Johnson aborted his Caribbean vacation and rushed back to the UK in a comeback bid that was also short-lived although he momentarily occupied the lead position with the support of 58 MPs.
But with fellow Tory MPs threatening to quit if Johnson returned to 10 Downing Street, Sunak overtook Johnson in the MP count after declining an olive branch from Johnson to partner him. Boris Johnson has since quit the race.
Penny Mordaunt, leader of the House of Commons remained the next possible impediment to Sunak’s walk into the prime minister’s position. But she struggled to reach 38 MPs when Sunak had far traversed the minimum of 100 MPs required.
Mordaunt dropped out a few minutes before deadline of 2pm today without reaching 100. That made Sunak the leader of the majority Conservative Party, and by extension, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Had Mordaunt reached 100 MPs, it would have kicked the process to the conservative voters who would have possibly voted for her over Sunak for what many believe would have been driven by racism.
Indeed, one caller to the popular British talk show Leading Britain’s Conversation (LBC) insisted that Sunak, who was born in the UK, is not “British, and could not be prime minister.”
His reason was that if a white guy was born in Uganda, it doesn’t make him “Ugandan enough” to be president of the east African country.
DNT News, with correspondent reports from Linda Wayoe, London
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