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Nothing in the parent comment is referring to its "race". He is a billionaire with a rich wife that hasn't been on a working class family wages for a very long

Nothing in the parent comment is referring to its "race". He is a billionaire with a rich wife that hasn't been on a working class family wages for a very long time if he ever was. He cannot fathom the hardship that he is about to unleash on said working class. To be descendant from immigrant is only relevant if you are a bigot with a potential impact on him becoming PM.

DrBazza 4y ago
Parent comment has been edited, but either way, it is referring to Sunak being a billionaire and out of touch, which apparently is "a bad thing". Despite the fact he comes from just about the most modest background possible. Which is surely something aspirational. Nothing bigoted about that. And I don't see why someone's good fortune in life should be despised, just because they're an MP. Self-made wealth? Why not get angry with Alan Sugar, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and so on?
- Veen 4y ago
  No one educated at Winchester, a public school that costs £45,000 per year, comes from 'the most modest background possible'.
- n4r9 4y ago
  Although second generation immigrants, his father was a GP and his mother ran a local pharmacy. As a sibling comment notes, he attended a very privileged boarding school. The South Asian diaspora that migrated to Africa in the 1930s and then on to the UK in the 1960s faced many hardships, but economic woes were not often one of them. Perhaps unsurprisingly, many of them have gone on to hold positions of power: Priti Patel, Suella Braverman, Shailesh Vara to name a few MPs.
  - skippyboxedhero 4y ago
    Most of them lost everything. Idi Amin expropriated wealth from this group, that is how they ended up in the UK. The reason why this group hasn't had economic woes is because they work harder than everyone else. I know a few families with this background, all of them came here with nothing, all their kids went to private school, they just worked harder and spent nothing. One family I know: three kids, all private school, their parents slept on the sofa and floor of their living room in a tiny flat, mother worked two/three jobs, dad worked 5am-10pm every day...if you didn't know what it took, they are privileged...but all anyone sees is "private school"...must be rich. GPs and pharmacists didn't make that much money back then. Drawing sweeping conclusions about someone because of the school they went to (particularly given that Sunak was massively successful after school) is weak, it is the kind of narrow-minded viewpoint that the left constantly claims to be a victim of (in the UK).
    - DrBazza 4y ago
      I could have written your comment myself. When I was a kid, my neighbours in the 70s were exactly who you're referring to. An Asian-Ugandan couple who worked and worked and spent everything on their two daughters, who were a bit older than me. One went to a grammar school, the other to... private school, because that's what they could afford. In fact, the daughter that went to private school was the only kid in my area that did.
      - skippyboxedhero 4y ago
        Welcome to modern Britain. Making sacrifices is cheating. Success is rigged. Aspiration is boot-licking. The only socially acceptable form of success are gifts from the benevolent left-wing govt.
        n4r9 4y ago
        Again, this misrepresents the argument. No one is saying anything about cheating or boot-licking. The issue is that too many MPs are wealthy career politicians with no experience of normal working life. Whilst the public school track into politics has always been an issue, even in Labour the number of MPs with a working class background has plummeted over the last few decades. The detachment from working class reality is at a point where the leader now explicitly instructs front-benchers not to attend strike pickets. Besides, isn't it more ambitious and impressive to have worked one's way into a position of political power without the silver spoon and elite connections? Look at Angela Rayner, a single mother and former care worker; Michael Gove, who worked his way up from an Aberdeen state school; or Dennis Skinner, who worked for 20 years a coal miner before representing Bolsover and giving Enoch Powell a run for his money in Parliament.
    - tweetle_beetle 4y ago
      Putting aside anecdata, survivorship bias, etc, at the of the day his parents spent a great deal of money on embedding him among the upper classes. Winchester, and its competitors, are not just a school you happen to pay for. Sending your children to live miles from home is rarely about quality of teaching. There are many connections made in youth can continue to benefit you for the rest of your life. 33 PMs (of 56 in total) attended one of just 3 secondary schools, and 30 attended the same university. [1] No one I've seen is commenting on his intelligence, but it is fair to question whether someone who has lived their teenage and adult life in and around the classical instituions of privilege (which are only accessible to and accepting of a minority) is a great choice for running a country having a cost of living crisis. And I'm not sure where the idea that GPs didnt make that much comes from - £75k (adjusted) in the 90s was (and still is) a lot of money [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom_by_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the... [2] https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4385 https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4385
- jimlongton 4y ago
  He is so out of touch he doesn't understand how petrol stations or contactless credit cards work. [1] [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/rishi-sunak-contactless-fail-video-b2043035.html https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/rishi-sunak-contactles...

DrBazza 4y ago

Parent comment has been edited, but either way, it is referring to Sunak being a billionaire and out of touch, which apparently is "a bad thing". Despite the fact he comes from just about the most modest background possible. Which is surely something aspirational. Nothing bigoted about that. And I don't see why someone's good fortune in life should be despised, just because they're an MP. Self-made wealth? Why not get angry with Alan Sugar, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and so on?

Veen 4y ago
No one educated at Winchester, a public school that costs £45,000 per year, comes from 'the most modest background possible'.
n4r9 4y ago
Although second generation immigrants, his father was a GP and his mother ran a local pharmacy. As a sibling comment notes, he attended a very privileged boarding school. The South Asian diaspora that migrated to Africa in the 1930s and then on to the UK in the 1960s faced many hardships, but economic woes were not often one of them. Perhaps unsurprisingly, many of them have gone on to hold positions of power: Priti Patel, Suella Braverman, Shailesh Vara to name a few MPs.
- skippyboxedhero 4y ago
  Most of them lost everything. Idi Amin expropriated wealth from this group, that is how they ended up in the UK. The reason why this group hasn't had economic woes is because they work harder than everyone else. I know a few families with this background, all of them came here with nothing, all their kids went to private school, they just worked harder and spent nothing. One family I know: three kids, all private school, their parents slept on the sofa and floor of their living room in a tiny flat, mother worked two/three jobs, dad worked 5am-10pm every day...if you didn't know what it took, they are privileged...but all anyone sees is "private school"...must be rich. GPs and pharmacists didn't make that much money back then. Drawing sweeping conclusions about someone because of the school they went to (particularly given that Sunak was massively successful after school) is weak, it is the kind of narrow-minded viewpoint that the left constantly claims to be a victim of (in the UK).
  - DrBazza 4y ago
    I could have written your comment myself. When I was a kid, my neighbours in the 70s were exactly who you're referring to. An Asian-Ugandan couple who worked and worked and spent everything on their two daughters, who were a bit older than me. One went to a grammar school, the other to... private school, because that's what they could afford. In fact, the daughter that went to private school was the only kid in my area that did.
    - skippyboxedhero 4y ago
      Welcome to modern Britain. Making sacrifices is cheating. Success is rigged. Aspiration is boot-licking. The only socially acceptable form of success are gifts from the benevolent left-wing govt.
      - n4r9 4y ago
        Again, this misrepresents the argument. No one is saying anything about cheating or boot-licking. The issue is that too many MPs are wealthy career politicians with no experience of normal working life. Whilst the public school track into politics has always been an issue, even in Labour the number of MPs with a working class background has plummeted over the last few decades. The detachment from working class reality is at a point where the leader now explicitly instructs front-benchers not to attend strike pickets. Besides, isn't it more ambitious and impressive to have worked one's way into a position of political power without the silver spoon and elite connections? Look at Angela Rayner, a single mother and former care worker; Michael Gove, who worked his way up from an Aberdeen state school; or Dennis Skinner, who worked for 20 years a coal miner before representing Bolsover and giving Enoch Powell a run for his money in Parliament.
  - tweetle_beetle 4y ago
    Putting aside anecdata, survivorship bias, etc, at the of the day his parents spent a great deal of money on embedding him among the upper classes. Winchester, and its competitors, are not just a school you happen to pay for. Sending your children to live miles from home is rarely about quality of teaching. There are many connections made in youth can continue to benefit you for the rest of your life. 33 PMs (of 56 in total) attended one of just 3 secondary schools, and 30 attended the same university. [1] No one I've seen is commenting on his intelligence, but it is fair to question whether someone who has lived their teenage and adult life in and around the classical instituions of privilege (which are only accessible to and accepting of a minority) is a great choice for running a country having a cost of living crisis. And I'm not sure where the idea that GPs didnt make that much comes from - £75k (adjusted) in the 90s was (and still is) a lot of money [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom_by_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the... [2] https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4385 https://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j4385
jimlongton 4y ago
He is so out of touch he doesn't understand how petrol stations or contactless credit cards work. [1] [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/rishi-sunak-contactless-fail-video-b2043035.html https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/rishi-sunak-contactles...