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The First Prime Minister of Indian Heritage

The first prime minister of colour that the country seen, a man of Indian heritage. I think it's significant in a way that it also makes it quite embarrassing for Labour. So Labour has only ever had white male prime ministers. The Conservatives beat them over the first female prime minister and now has the first man of Indian Heritage as well. It does show up Labour. There would be plenty of female Tory MPs and female MPs from ethnic minorities who would say that they'd face those kind of barriers within the party too. And yet somehow, leadership seems to be more open. Look, so there's prejudice in all political parties. No parties are immune from that. But I think the Conservative Party

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