06 November 2008

A Parliament That Looks Like Britain

Interesting column in the Guardian entitled "When Will We See a British Obama?"

As noted before, things are so different there ... after all, if your Asian or Jewish or Black, you're not ethnically "English" or "Scottish" or "Welch." But the face of Britain is getting more and more brown.

According to the piece, it will take 75 years to get a completely representative Parliament. But with their lead in the female- and Jewish-leader races, maybe it isn't so long until there is a PM with African or Asian roots.

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