Heyheyheyone OP t1_itnfy3u wrote on October 24, 2022 at 10:49 PM

Reply to comment by NewHedgehog2547 in Rishi Sunak will make history as the first person of color to be Britain’s prime minister. by Heyheyheyone

That's gender and ethnic diversity for you. Never realised representation doesn't matter until now.

NewHedgehog2547 t1_itnktel wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:26 PM

Of course representation matters. It matters in lots of ways and in lots of areas! But when you equate being progressive with happening to have a leader with minority characteristics you're making a mistake. Margaret Thatcher was the first woman prime minister. But she was a Tory and a bastard and her policies made peoples lives worse (including and especially minorities). Calling the Tory party of 1975-1990 progressive when they regressed the nation significantly would make no sense. The same is the case now.