Lack of coverage- first ever ethnic minority PM

[WomanHere]

Cannot believe the lack of media interest in this. The next PM of the UK will either be a woman or a man of South Asian ethnicity. This is a massive thing yet the only coverage I’ve seen relates to potential tax policies of the next PM. It will be a historic first, I am excited to be alive and experience this moment in history. AIBU to be amazed at the bland media coverage!?

The right wing media 'doesnt do identity politics?'hahahaha. Maybe explain why every second word in those shitrags is 'woke'? And why we have journalists on here wittering on about how great it is our next incompetent leader will be a woman or ethnic minority?

Because it changes absolutely nothing, whoever wins will just continue fucking us all over anyway. It really doesn't matter if it's a woman or an Asian man. They'll still be a Tory.

@FavouritePi my thoughts exactly.

who doesn't receive enough credit for bringing back the beard.

What have those 100 years been like since then?

As an aside, the journey of Asians and Black people is so different that I think the BAME reference is problematic ( apparently some stats include Eastern Europeans too).

Yup agree

A) I’ve read countless stuff about the contender diversity.
B) Sunak isn’t going to win.

Unless the prime minister is your MP most of us didn’t vote for them either. That’s not how politics works in this country.

I'm more concerned that the next Prime Minister is someone who accepted their boss lying in public for years and didn't say anything and supports the deportation of some of the countries most vulnerable people to Rwanda.

Makes no difference to me they are both awful prospects in my opinion.

I can remember when The Guardian, of all newspapers(!) suggested that women should vote Conservative as their leader was a woman! I don't give two hoots who the leader is in terms of sex/gender/race ,etc. I'm interested in the policies and quite frankly that is the way it should be.

The most important thing for me, and it is completely non-negotiable is do they know what a woman is. Boris did having slept with so many, I'm not sure that Vote for Truss or get Rishi richer do.

Why is Judaism not an ethnicity? 6 million people died in the holocaust because they were ethnically Jewish

I'd rather focus on their policies and ethics. That's what both should be judged on not sex or ethnicity.

I'm glad that's the main focus as it's actually all that matters.

All these labels and firsts etc seems the opposite of inclusive.

Why are you still using the term BAME?

I am Asian and absolutely agree with this. I would rather have an old white man with better politics than Rishi.

OK, being Jewish isn't a counted as ethnicity, but it definitely not a WASP

It's fairly controversial to suggest that Jewish isn't an ethnicity - there are certainly disagreements within the Jewish community about it, but antisemitism is largely built on ethnic identity rather than religious practice.

It is good it’s so diverse

The media have picked up on that rather than firsts which is fine

Sunak may not win but it’s more his alignment to party members or not with policies than anything else, plus wealth might be an issue

@MarshaBradyo Do you think Sunak not wanting to live and pay taxes in the UK might be a bit of an issue?
Do you think that Sunak being a law breaker might be a bit of an issue?

I don't want Rishi Sunak to win because he is of Asian heritage, I want him to win because he is the lesser incompetent of the two candidates.

I think it is entirely appropriate that the focus should be on the politics not the ethnicity or sex.

That does not mean it's not a good thing. Politics is heavily dominated by white men and that needs to change.

But we should care more about the policies than the colour or sex.

It’s progress that this is NOT newsworthy.

@skippy67 are we not allowed to use BAME anymore? I see it all the time.

But then none if that is true so not really an issue, no

I thought it was a positive and a step to the right direction that the media is concentrated on policies inside of gender and ethnicity.