Britain is a big multi-ethnic tent, not a narrow tabernacle

Britain is a big multi-ethnic tent, not a narrow tabernacle
Vaughan Gething, the new first minister of Wales, was born in Zambia. (Image: Getty)
Bloomberg
By Adrian Wooldridge Britain is an ethnic assimilation superpower.You could call it a diversity royal flush. With the ascension of Zambian-born Vaughan Gething as Welsh Labour leader and first minister, all senior elected offices in the Great Britain part of the United Kingdom are held by ethnic minorities:● The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, is, by ethnic origin, Hindu-Punjabi.● Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, is a first-generation Pakistani-Punjabi.● The mayor of the global city-state that is London, Sadiq Khan, is of P...

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