FIRST READING: Sunak\u0027s ascension is the culmination of a Canada\u002Dinspired push by the U.K. Tories to attract minority candidates
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. He’s also the first Hindu leader of Great Britain; a fact highlighted by his attending a Diwali reception at 10 Downing Street mere hours after assuming power. Sunak’s ascension is the culmination of a years-long effort by the U.K. Tories to make themselves one of the most ethnically diverse conservative parties in Europe“Imagine a Conservative Party that represents the majority of a nation’s ethnic minorities, winning in all the most diverse, large cities and enjoying record levels of support from immigrants,” wrote Sunak in aThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
The main architect of the strategy is often credited as Jason Kenney, who had gone into the election as Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Minister of Immigration. “ insight was that minorities shared Conservative ideals of aspiration, hard work, faith and a smaller state,” wrote Sunak, who was then a hedge fund manager .Article content, Kenney praised his “friend” for becoming British Prime Minister. “Rishi and I worked closely together on conservative outreach to cultural communities.
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