With the resignation of Boris Johnson for his constant, almost habitual, lying, Britain’s Conservative a.k.a. “Tory” Party is currently electing its new leader. After two rounds of balloting, the contestants have been cut down to five; the third round is on Monday, July 18. The chance that the new leader will be a white British male is essentially zero. Why?
Of the 12 people who initially put themselves forward (or, in the case of Home Secretary Priti Patel, almost put herself forward) as candidates; only three were actually British, in the sense of having two ethnically British parents (Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss). Another was Jewish (Grant Shapps); one was half-French and a quarter-Jewish (Tom Tugendhat); and the rest were assorted visible minorities: a Nigerian, five (!) ethnic Indians or Pakistanis, and an Iraqi who arrived in the UK aged 11. This is in a country that is at least 86% white and in which 90% of Members of Parliament are white [Ethnic Diversity in Politics and Public Life, By Elise Uberoi and Richard Tunnicliffe, UK Parliament, 26th November 2021].
And these minority MPs are mainly Labour. Only 22 of 65 non-white MPs are Conservatives. So, with 358 Conservative MPs, 6 percent are visible minorities, yet these compose 58% of those who initially put themselves forward to be leader of the Conservative Party. How can visible minorities be over-represented to such a bizarre extent?