An Asian PM in our time?

[Blue_Tires]

If Parliament is to reflect the face of modern Britain there should be at least 50 Asian and Black MPs. But today only 2% are from an ethnic background - just 15 from a total of 646.

At the current rate of change it could take 75 years to get anywhere near a representative amount, so what are the chances of Britain ever getting its own Asian prime minister?

Ashok Viswanathan, from Operation Black Vote, said: "It's conceivable that we could have a prime minister who's African, Asian or Caribbean in the next 25 to 30 years."

But could this optimism become a reality?

Ali Miraj was 23 and a part-time DJ when he was elected as a Conservative councillor in Ruislip Manor, Hillingdon, north-west London.

This gave him the experience and the appetite to go further - so he went on to contest his first seat in Aberavon, south Wales, at the 2001 general election.

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172&f=2481

[LeftishBrit]

1. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were,

The political under-representation of British Asians is particularly striking in view of the fact that overall they tend to be strongly represented in higher education (particularly those of Indian origin). I think they will definitely get more political representation as time goes on.

BTW, the link gets me to some sort of discussion about sports, not politics..

[Blue_Tires]

2. thanks...PROPER link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7932026.stm