And across the pond, Rishi Sunak is the new British Prime Minister
Best of luck, Rishi. You’ve got your work cut out for you:
Sunak gave an address to Tory MPs, during which he ruled out calling an early general election – despite calls from opposition parties.
He later made a televised statement at Tory HQ, warning that the country faced a “profound economic challenge.”
He’s not kidding. Every Western nation – and many others as well – face such a challenge right now and for the foreseeable future.
The article says he’s the first “Asian” British PM – the Brits use the word to include people of Indian and Pakistani ethnicity, although we don’t use it that way in the US. He’s also one of the youngest: 42.
Sunak was born on 12 May 1980 at Southampton General Hospital in Southampton, Hampshire, to parents of Indian descent who migrated to Britain from East Africa in the 1960s. He was educated at Winchester College, studied philosophy, politics and economics (PPE) at Lincoln College, Oxford, and earned an MBA from Stanford University as a Fulbright Scholar. While at Stanford, he met his future wife Akshata Murty, the daughter of Indian billionaire N. R. Narayana Murthy. Sunak and his wife were the 222nd richest people in Britain, with a combined fortune of £730 million as of 2022. After graduating, Sunak worked for Goldman Sachs and later as a partner at the hedge fund firms The Children’s Investment Fund Management and Theleme Partners.
Sunak was elected to the House of Commons for Richmond in North Yorkshire at the 2015 general election, succeeding William Hague. Sunak supported Brexit in the 2016 referendum on EU membership. He was appointed to Theresa May’s second government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government in the 2018 reshuffle. He voted three times in favour of May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement. After May resigned, Sunak supported Boris Johnson’s campaign to become Conservative leader. After Johnson became Prime Minister, Sunak was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Sunak replaced Sajid Javid as Chancellor of the Exchequer after Javid’s resignation in the February 2020 cabinet reshuffle. As Chancellor, Sunak was prominent in the government’s financial response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact, including the Coronavirus Job Retention and Eat Out to Help Out schemes. He resigned as chancellor in July 2022, followed by Johnson’s resignation amid a government crisis. Sunak stood in the Conservative party leadership election to replace Johnson, and lost the members’ vote to Liz Truss.
This exchange indicates that Sunak is a very sharp guy, at least in argument.
From the web: No Fracking Way: UK Flip-Flops Back To ‘Green’ Religion Under “Conservative” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, WEF-sponsored (of “great reset, eat bugs, own nothing and be happy” fame).
And on the Islamist threat to the UK: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4103458/posts
The nugget i gleaned from the coverage is that he’s short. He always looks tall from all the camera angles. Just sayin.
Huh? I’m here in the U.S. and to me “Asians” are the people of Asia, which includes Indians, Israelis, Syrians, Armenians, and Turks, among others. Why wouldn’t it?
bof:
They are technically in Asia, but the word “Asians” without any other modifier is usually used in the US to mean people from the Far East such as Japan and China. Indians and Pakistanis are usually called South Asians. Your mileage may differ.
I saw a video of him speaking glowingly about green initiatives, reducing carbon, etc. Unless I hear differently, he’s a disaster.
Jimmy wrote, “Unless I hear differently, he’s a disaster.”
Oh he’s a solid disaster. Nobody makes the case better than Mark Steyn: https://youtu.be/5sJbYM5UEsU?t=728
That actually launches you in at a point where Steyn has some fun over Kamala Harris, and I hope that’ll be considered a bonus. The subsequent ~five minutes on Sunak are primo. And it’s worth watching well beyond that.
All in all, the British “elites” are as worthless as America’s. And really, it goes beyond the Anglosphere to Klaus Schwab, Ursula von der Leyen, Macron, Merkel, …
what’s that line from the who ‘down with the new boss, same as the old boss’
now british leadership has been in ruts before from baldwin to chamberlain was no great shakes, but they seem incapable of recognizing leadership, they turned their nose at badoch for instance, maybe eventually they will realize their error,
I thought his name was “Rashee Sanook,” at least that’s what Biden called him. *
* See https://nypost.com/2022/10/25/biden-mangles-new-uk-prime-minister-rishi-sunaks-name-during-diwali-event/
miguel cervantes,
“maybe eventually they will realize their error”
Too late, much too late for any belated realization to matter.
I wonder if the people who object to using the term “American” for us United Statesians have similar objections to using “Asian” for Chinese and Japanese.
I admit that it’s going to take me a while to get used to a British PM who is not Anglo-Saxon or at least adjacent. I wish him and the country well, however.
Watching his first address there in front of 10 Downing St., he seemed to make a reasonably good impression. It was not any kind of oration for the ages, but it could have been worse.
He is another globalist who will be a disaster. England is almost lost. I don’t see any Thatchers in their future.
Probably so, but may he wont dissapoint indian immigrants are the only ones that seem to espouse bourgeouis values
the first Asian PM may have been their best
Benjamin D’Israeli
He’s a Globalist Tool.
Sorry, not sorry.
He seems like maybe he could play the 15th Doctor when this job fails, I mean, he seems woke enough. God help us.
Rishi Sunak, Rashi Sanuk. Bodega, bogeda. Let’s call the whole thing off.
avi,
It’s my understanding that Benjamin D’Israeli was Jewish, rather than of asian ancestry.
Geoffrey Britain:
I am pretty sure avi was making a joke, but the gist of it is a reference to the fact that plenty of people considered eastern European Jews either people of color or even “Asiatic.” Disraeli’s father converted to Christianity when Disraeli was a boy, but there was quite a bit of anti-Semitism towards the son anyway. Also, please see this sort of thing.
}}} The article says he’s the first “Asian” British PM
}}} Sunak was born on 12 May 1980 at Southampton General Hospital in Southampton, Hampshire
And here’s one of the major issues with all the Western nations, these days:
He’s fucking English, FFS.
He grew up there, and while he no doubt has a lot of understanding of the Indian culture, he is, first and foremost, a BRIT.
Americans certainly do this shit, too. Yes, we’ve always hyphenated most of our culture, it’s always still secondary to our being American:
Irish-American
Italian-American
German-American
Japanese-American
NOT
American-Irish
American-Italian
American-German
American-Japanese
Nowadays people tend to drop the “American” completely.
Oh, and I’m going to point out — Benjamin Disraeli was Jewish
Most people don’t think of Israel as being in Asia, but it is. And that’s where Jews nominally hail from, even though Israel was a “former nation” when Disraeli was in power.
Easy to dismiss and argue against, no denials.
}}} Oh, and I’m going to point out — Benjamin Disraeli was Jewish
Why, no, I hadn’t read all the comments when I wrote that.
Why do you ask? 😀