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When will our politicians reflect our society? How many in the top posts have got their finger on the pulse of the streets?
| in the next 5 years | 2 | |
| in the next 10 years | 6 | |
| in the next 20 years | 19 |
Why is that important. As long as he has the hearts of the people in mind and he does a good job who cares.
Because there are black and asian people in England, the PM must be black or asian? O.o Odd logic.
Having a black or Asian prime minister doesn't mean that England is finally tolerant of other races and that we have overcame some sort of barrier. It makes no difference what colour skin the prime minister has, as long as they can do the job.
Why is this important at all? A black or Asian one will lead England when he is chosen above a White one. It's that simple.
No one is really answering the question. Its not about 'what race will do better'...
Anyway I'd say at least 10 years
Does it matter who is pm? The pm is just a puppet on display and has little control over national politics... who do you think feeds down to the pm? Pm running the country? Lol... just... lol.
we got our first black guy up there.....pretty sweet brotha........pretty sweet
Wo gives a fuck? zi'll happen when it happens, and hopefully it'll br for t right reasons.
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It doesn't matter.
People should vote on political ideas not skin color.
Firstly, I want to point out that I don't think we need a politician from a ethinic minority in order for them to understand issues around race. In fact, a non-white politician would probably be just as out-of-touch as a white one.
Secondly, although we don't have many non-white politicians in high positions, we do have a surprisingly large number of black and asian back-bench MPs. I don't have exact figures, but I was going through a list a little while ago, and I was surprised to see the racial diversity (obviously this is not even close to equal to the diversity of the whole country, but it isn't so bad). Note than under a Labour or Lib Dem government, a cabinet would probably be more racially diverse.
It will be decades until we get a non-white PM, but I don't think it is a major issue. Margaret Thatcher got lots of votes just because she was a woman, and she drove the nation into the ground. The moral: voting for a "minority" for no other reason than that will not end well.
If they were voted in for no other reason the world will have gone mad. But when do you think it might happen coincidentally?
A lot of people voted for Obama for no other reason than because he was black, not white. A lot of people voted for Thatcher for no other reason than because she was a woman, not a man. There is no reason why a lot of people wouldn't vote for a non-white PM for no better reason than because he (or she) was black, on the same logic.