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The ‘most desi’ Cabinet in British history
Prasun Sonwalkar Filed on April 9, 2021 | Last updated on April 9, 2021 at 12.06 am
Britain s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak poses with the Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street before presenting the government s annual budget to Parliament. AFP file
How ethnic diversity has claimed political centre stage in the UK
2020 is a year many would like to forget, but it also saw the UK reaching a new high in its political history, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson formed his government in January following the December 2019 general election. As the then Conservative party chairman James Cleverly remarked at India’s Republic Day event at the Guildhall, Johnson had put together “the most desi government” in British history, reflecting a milestone in the representation of ethnic diversity in politics.