Britain’s Surprisingly Diverse Tories – The Atlantic
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 13, 2022
Fed up with Boris Johnson, Britain needs a new prime minister. It’s so fed up, in fact, that the next prime minister may look nothing like Johnson—that is, white, male, privately educated. The last time the Conservatives held a leadership contest, in 2019, the field of 10 contenders contained just one person of an ethnic-minority background and only two women. This time is remarkably different. Of those in contention, half are of ethnic-minority backgrounds and half are women. Depending on which of the candidates advance to the final stage of voting, slated for . . .
