Political leaders and the great multicultural experiment

The Conservatives in the U.K. are probably political toast in 2024 no matter who they choose.

Rishi Sunak, left, Kemi Badenoch, Nadhim Zahawi, and Suella Braverman represent four of the eight candidates vying to replace disgraced British prime minister Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party—and therefore the new prime minister, writes Gwynne Dyer. Chris McAndrew photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

July 13, 2022

LONDON, U.K.—Here’s an interesting fact. Only 14 per cent of people in England and Wales are Black, Asian, mixed, or other (i.e. non-white). Yet half the candidates vying to take the place of disgraced British prime minister Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party—and therefore the n...

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