Why people in Britain have such condescending view towards Rishi Sunak?

[Rajdeep]

I don't think he has put a foot wrong since he become the PM. He is doing everything that common people would want from their leader, let it be tackling illegal immigration or fixing the economy. Basically, he is saying stuffs that a common white working class brit would love to listen.

Yet I always see snide and condescending remarks towards him from general public. You to any BBC or telegraph columns and the comment section is filled with hatred. If Rishi sells poppy in London underground station, it's an issue, if he talks about tackling economy that is an issue. Heck, one day he and wife was taking their dog for walk and people had issue then as well.

Is it due to the colour of skin and casual racism that people are not able to come to terms with him being the PM of Great Britain?

Check out the below video and you will get to know what I am talking about:

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

I don't think he has put a foot wrong since he become the PM. He is doing everything that common people would want from their leader, let it be tackling illegal immigration or fixing the economy. Basically, he is saying stuffs that a common white working class brit would love to listen.

Yet I always see snide and condescending remarks towards him from general public. You to any BBC or telegraph columns and the comment section is filled with hatred. If Rishi sells poppy in London underground station, it's an issue, if he talks about tackling economy that is an issue. Heck, one day he and wife was taking their dog for walk and people had issue then as well.

Is it due to the colour of skin and casual racism that people are not able to come to terms with him being the PM of Great Britain?

Check out the below video and you will get to know what I am talking about:

There's a misconception right there. He has nothing in common with white working class people.

 

[Stewie]

He comes from a filthy rich background and his wife and he have financial interests world wide which in some ways contradict the general interests of the European powers. He is definitely one of the top 3% or the Elites as we call them. Has no connection whatsoever with the working class people.

 

[Robert]

For getting Braverman back. Basically an authoritarian who uses hateful language deliberately to divide and rule.

 

[ex-q-zit]

UK Clears Big Visa Scheme For Indians, Hours After Rishi Sunak Meets PM

London:

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has given the go-ahead for 3,000 visas for young professionals from India to work in the UK each year.

The British government said India is the first visa-national country to benefit from such a scheme, highlighting the strength of the UK-India Migration and Mobility Partnership agreed last year.

"Today the UK-India Young Professionals Scheme was confirmed, offering 3,000 places to 18-30-year-old degree-educated Indian nationals to come to the UK to live and work for up to two years," the UK Prime Minister's Office said in a tweet.

This announcement in the Downing Street readout came hours after Mr Sunak met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 17th edition of the G20 Summit. This was their first meeting after the first Indian-origin British PM assumed office last month.

"Prime Ministers [MENTION=140582]Naren[/MENTION]dramodi and [MENTION=2820]rishi[/MENTION]Sunak in conversation during the first day of the @g20org Summit in Bali," PM Modi's Office said in a tweet.

Under the new UK-India Young Professionals Scheme, the UK will offer 3,000 places annually to 18-30-year-old degree-educated Indian nationals to come to the UK to live and work in UK for up to two years. The scheme will be reciprocal.

"The launch of the scheme is a significant moment both for our bilateral relationship with India and the UK's wider commitment to forging stronger links with the Indo-Pacific region to strengthen both our economies," Downing Street said in a statement.

It said the UK has more links with India than almost any country in the Indo-Pacific region. Nearly a quarter of all international students in the UK are from India, and Indian investment into the UK supports 95,000 jobs across the UK.

The UK is currently negotiating a trade deal with India - if agreed it will be the first deal of its kind India has made with a European country. The trade deal would build on the UK-India trading relationship, already worth 24 billion pounds, and allow the UK to seize the opportunities presented by India's growing economy.

In parallel to the mobility partnership with India, the British government said it is also strengthening its ability to remove immigration offenders.

"A landmark Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the UK and India in May 2021 aimed at increasing mobility between our countries, returning those with no right to be in the UK and India respectively and sharing best practice on organised immigration crime," the UK PMO added.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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[Robert]

But yeah [MENTION=152021]Rajdeep[/MENTION], sadly racism too. Tory party members are leaving and joining far right parties.

 

[ex-q-zit]

"Ek Mazboot Dosti": UK PM Rishi Sunak On Ties With India At G20

Bali: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday highlighted the strong bonds between India and Britain during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the two leaders discussing areas where the UK and India are working increasingly closely including defence and security.

In the meeting held on the sidelines of the G20 summit here, Rishi Sunak passed on his thanks to Prime Minister Modi "for the overwhelming response of the Indian people to his appointment as Prime Minister".

A statement by the British Prime Minister's Office said the two leaders looked forward to the agreement of a UK-India free trade deal, "which has the potential to unlock investment and increase jobs in both our countries, as well as expanding our deep cultural links".

"United by friendship. ek mj'buut dostii," Rishi Sunak said in a tweet after his meeting with PM Modi. The tweet had a photo of the two leaders warmly shaking hands.

It was their first meeting after Rishi Sunak, the first Indian-origin British Prime Minister, assumed office last month.

The statement said the leaders agreed on "the enduring importance of the UK-India relationship, and of the living bridge between our countries".

"The leaders discussed the range of areas where the UK and India are working increasingly closely and have the opportunity to further develop our links, including defence and security," it said.

"They looked forward to the agreement of a UK-India free trade deal, which has the potential to unlock investment and increase jobs in both our countries, as well as expanding our deep cultural links," it added.

The statement said the two leaders agreed that UK and India's shared values, "not least our commitment to democracy, are a huge asset in international forums like the G20 and the Commonwealth".

"The Prime Minister welcomed the opportunity to work together on challenges like ending the war in Ukraine and tackling climate change under India's presidency of the G20 next year," it said.

Speaking on the sidelines of the G20 Summiti, Rishi Sunak had said the UK is committed to Free Trade Agreement with India.

"We remain committed to the trade deal with India, but we need to get these things right...There's excitement about India taking over the G20 presidency," he said.

President of Indonesia Joko Widodo handed over the G20 Presidency to India at the closing ceremony of the Bali summit. India will officially assume the G20 Presidency on December 1.

In his remarks at the closing ceremony of the G20 summit, PM Modi said India is taking charge of G20 "when the world is grappling with geopolitical tensions, economic slowdown, rising food and energy prices".

"India's G20 presidency will be inclusive, ambitious, decisive and action-oriented. In the next year, it will be our endeavour that G20 works as a global prime mover to give impetus to collective action," he said.

India and the United Kingdom have a multi-dimensional strategic partnership.

PM Modi had bilateral meetings with several world leaders on the sidelines of the G20 summit, including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and US President Joe Biden.

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[Technics 1210]

Ahh this old chestnut. Mass-Generalisation based on one or two calls to a radio station.

Liberal position: UK is racist, should rejoin the EU, and only knowledgeable and intelligent people should vote.

Sick and tired of these racist claims from Liberals, always moaning and never providing solutions, perhaps liberals should think of leaving the UK for the EU.

Rishi Sunak is so disconnected from reality is it not even funny. He is the richest PM/MP in history of UK politics, is totally immune from the cost-of-living crisis, and when he is on camera making deals with fascist Modi at G20, in private, he is not doing himself any favours.

And remember, tax avoidance scandal did not do Sunak any favours either.

Time liberals grow up or put up.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Tories are hated by the majority now.

Rishi is a clear puppet of the elites, his job is to make the rich richer, which is why he is despised.

Sure some dont like brown people but if he was decent leader this wouldnt be much of an issue.

 

[Technics 1210]

Tories are hated by the majority now.

Rishi is a clear puppet of the elites, his job is to make the rich richer, which is why he is despised.

Sure some dont like brown people but if he was decent leader this wouldnt be much of an issue.

Spot on. Tories are very much hated now but not because of racism, but because the party aligns with the richer class/money.

The last time this country had a leader of a party that connected with the working class, was ousted by liberals and MSM as anti-Semitic - Jeremy Corbyn.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Filthy rich, tax dodging foreign wife. Not voted in by the public, not voted in by the party, imposed on us by 100 odd MP's.

 

[in_cutter]

I don't think he has put a foot wrong since he become the PM. He is doing everything that common people would want from their leader, let it be tackling illegal immigration or fixing the economy. Basically, he is saying stuffs that a common white working class brit would love to listen.

Yet I always see snide and condescending remarks towards him from general public. You to any BBC or telegraph columns and the comment section is filled with hatred. If Rishi sells poppy in London underground station, it's an issue, if he talks about tackling economy that is an issue. Heck, one day he and wife was taking their dog for walk and people had issue then as well.

Is it due to the colour of skin and casual racism that people are not able to come to terms with him being the PM of Great Britain?

Check out the below video and you will get to know what I am talking about:

Because he is a Tory? And we didn’t vote for him.

 

[cricketjoshila]

But yeah [MENTION=152021]Rajdeep[/MENTION], sadly racism too. Tory party members are leaving and joining far right parties.

Anytime population moves towards far right or far left its not good.

 

[James]

I don’t think he’s doing too bad a job personally.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

For getting Braverman back. Basically an authoritarian who uses hateful language deliberately to divide and rule.

To be fair, Braverman might have been another fudge brownie appointed to stem the tide of said type, but at least she was honest enough to point out that Indian students were the largest single group who overstayed their visas. Some of these who come crying about condesenscion against Sunak are not shy of making worse comments against brown nationalities they have a beef with.

 

[RexRex]

To be fair, Braverman might have been another fudge brownie appointed to stem the tide of said type, but at least she was honest enough to point out that Indian students were the largest single group who overstayed their visas. Some of these who come crying about condesenscion against Sunak are not shy of making worse comments against brown nationalities they have a beef with.

Why do u label Braverman and Priti as fudge brownies but not Rishi Sunak ? Is it because he's rich ?

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Why do u label Braverman and Priti as fudge brownies but not Rishi Sunak ? Is it because he's rich ?

Was he ever given the job of stopping immigration? If he was I can apply the tag to him as well.

 

[topspin]

But yeah [MENTION=152021]Rajdeep[/MENTION], sadly racism too. Tory party members are leaving and joining far right parties.

Wow already?

 

[topspin]

He's doing well so far. The usual Indophobic posters will always have problems seeing an Indian doing well.

PP's favourite, Sadiq Khan can't hold a candle to him.

 

[RexRex]

Was he ever given the job of stopping immigration? If he was I can apply the tag to him as well.

I don't see what this pastry has to do with immigration, thought it was a substitute term for coconuts.

But that would mean any asian immigrant in the UK who is against more immigration should be called a fudge brownie.

 

[Technics 1210]

Was he ever given the job of stopping immigration? If he was I can apply the tag to him as well.

None of the Home Secretaries (PP/SB) were given the job to stop immigration, they were given the job to control immigration. Big difference.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

I don't see what this pastry has to do with immigration, thought it was a substitute term for coconuts.

But that would mean any asian immigrant in the UK who is against more immigration should be called a fudge brownie.

Actually I'm against more immigration, but key difference is, I would feel somewhat undervalued if my only role was based on my skin colour making it a good cover for implementing the Milky Bar Kid's agenda. I've explained this many times, but either some people don't get it, or they are happy to play the Tonto role indefinitely.

 

[Robert]

Wow already?

Immediately Sunak became PM. You hear Tory members calling LBC to complain that he is "not British".

Persoanally, I think he is doing OK. So far the best PM since Cameron at least.

 

[RexRex]

Actually I'm against more immigration, but key difference is, I would feel somewhat undervalued if my only role was based on my skin colour making it a good cover for implementing the Milky Bar Kid's agenda..

Whether it's milky bar or lion bar, Tories love any home minister who is anti-immigration. That is the abiding factor. You personally are against more immigration and want it brought down but it will seem legitimate to you only if a white home minister enforces it. Strange ..

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Whether it's milky bar or lion bar, Tories love any home minister who is anti-immigration. That is the abiding factor. You personally are against more immigration and want it brought down but it will seem legitimate to you only if a white home minister enforces it. Strange ..

We had three fudge brownies in a row tasked with dealing with immigration. I think they must have run out of candidates, or maybe the Tories read my posts and thought, hold on, look's like we've been rumbled, better not make it too obvious.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Immediately Sunak became PM. You hear Tory members calling LBC to complain that he is "not British".

Persoanally, I think he is doing OK. So far the best PM since Cameron at least.

Whether we like it or not, there is clearly an unspoken sentiment which is there. Nigel Farage would never have dared produce that UKIP poster unless he knew that it would strike a chord with white voters. That Sangita hasn't eviscerated anyone in the OP video, if anything she looks like like what he says has struck a nerve.

Speaking of which, I see the OP has run for cover, no surprise since if you dig through his posts you'll find plenty of minority bashing when the shoe's on the other foot.

 

[happydavy]

UK's economic problems are so deep than no Rishi or Bank of England can do anything about it. The problems are so much more fundamental in nature than any quick fix solutions like increasing interest rates or tax collections are like applying band aid to a bullet wound.

London being the cosmopolitan city has adopted a very strange economic combination for the country - young left wingers who dislike growth and old right wingers who dislike competitiveness, the result is no growth and no competitiveness. U.K. was the first nation to industrialize the first to deindustrialize. The manufacturing productivity in UK is several notches behind the rest of the Europe. It was once the powerful global empire but then a few years back it voted for Brexit - reducing global access to trade and talent. Since Brexit, immigration, exports, and foreign investment have all declined. On top of all these self inflicted issues of recent times, UK has another lifestyle issue - lack of innovation. No new age industry (S/W, H/W, AI, robotic manufacturing) or technology has originated from UK in the last 3 decades. All combined, its in some serious mess from a long term perspective. And what do the old timers in England do, blame it on immigrants, perhaps the only hard working productive population strata.

 

[Robert]

UK's economic problems are so deep than no Rishi or Bank of England can do anything about it. The problems are so much more fundamental in nature than any quick fix solutions like increasing interest rates or tax collections are like applying band aid to a bullet wound.

London being the cosmopolitan city has adopted a very strange economic combination for the country - young left wingers who dislike growth and old right wingers who dislike competitiveness, the result is no growth and no competitiveness. U.K. was the first nation to industrialize the first to deindustrialize. The manufacturing productivity in UK is several notches behind the rest of the Europe. It was once the powerful global empire but then a few years back it voted for Brexit - reducing global access to trade and talent. Since Brexit, immigration, exports, and foreign investment have all declined. On top of all these self inflicted issues of recent times, UK has another lifestyle issue - lack of innovation. No new age industry (S/W, H/W, AI, robotic manufacturing) or technology has originated from UK in the last 3 decades. All combined, its in some serious mess from a long term perspective. And what do the old timers in England do, blame it on immigrants, perhaps the only hard working productive population strata.

Brexit is a massive self-inflicted wound but you have to go back further to find beginning of the industrial decline - I would say Thatcher.

Britain is a country Ill at ease with itself now - fixated on the past, retreating from the modern world.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Brexit is a massive self-inflicted wound but you have to go back further to find beginning of the industrial decline - I would say Thatcher.

Britain is a country Ill at ease with itself now - fixated on the past, retreating from the modern world.

Why did manufacturing go down in UK? What was the reason?

 

[shaz619]

Why did manufacturing go down in UK? What was the reason?

It started with Thatcher and continued under Blair. We shifted to services and housing in the name of opening new markets, this saw deregulation to allow more competition and privatisation of the public sector, we sold off railways, british steel, BT etc and under this new regime, millions of jobs were lost and we shifted to the capital leading to devastation in the north especially. I would guess this was when south asian factory workers who were smart and had saved, invested in property taking advantage of mortgage interest relief and government owned property sold below market price or decided to dip their toes in business.

The metal industries took the brunt of the damage though compared to the advanced engineering in the midlands which accounts for majority of our output around the world.

 

[happydavy]

Brexit is a massive self-inflicted wound but you have to go back further to find beginning of the industrial decline - I would say Thatcher.

Britain is a country Ill at ease with itself now - fixated on the past, retreating from the modern world.

I am not sure anyone other than Thatcher would have yielded any different result. Thing is once the western world coined the word globalization to sell their produces in developing countries, then to stop developing countries from start manufacturing those very goods was a loosing battle. It was bound to happen, a little bit of innovation, cost arbitrage and huge ambition of developing countries esp China and India meant that manufacturing had to move to wherever it's cheaper. Problem with UK is that it just didn't do anything when all of this was happening. The factory workers and businesses when they lost their jobs, didn't end up becoming software engineers or learnt some high end manufacturing, they just gave up. Not only did they not develop new things but they even lost the capacity to develop new things. Once an economy has lost that ability, it starts to stagnate. And it's not going to be any different for Europe in the coming decade.

 

[MenInG]

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday unveiled a new scheme for the world's 100 most talented young professionals in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of his vision to make the UK a "beacon" to attract the "brightest and best" from around the world.
Addressing the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference in Birmingham, Sunak told an audience of business chiefs and professionals that control over the country's post-Brexit immigration policy remains crucial.

However, he pledged to create "one of the world's most attractive visa regimes for entrepreneurs and highly skilled people" and make use of the "Brexit freedoms" to strike trade deals with "the world's fastest-growing economies".

The UK is currently negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with India, which Sunak has previously told Parliament he wants to get done "as quickly as possible".

"We cannot allow the world's top AI talent to be drawn to America or China," said Sunak.

"That's why, building on the AI scholarships and Master's conversion courses I instigated as chancellor, we are launching a programme to identify and attract the world's top 100 young talents on AI," he said.

He went on to reiterated his determination to crack down on illegal immigration to the country to build trust in the system following Britain's exit from the European Union (EU) to end the free movement of people within the economic bloc.

"We must be honest with ourselves. Part of the reason we ended the free movement of labour was to rebuild public consent in our immigration system. If we are going to have a system that allows businesses to access the best and brightest from around the world, we need to do more to give the British people trust and confidence that the system works and is fair.

"That means tackling illegal migration and that is what I am determined to do," Sunak said.

His speech came as the CBI called on the government to allow more immigration to address the shortage of labour within certain sectors of the UK economy, such as hospitality.

"We don't have the people we need nor do we have the productivity," said CBI Director-General Tony Danker.

Sunak told the conference that harnessing innovation to drive economic growth, embedding innovation in public services and teaching people skills to become "great innovators" is how he believes the problems can be overcome.

"There's one factor above all that drives growth, over the last 50 years innovation was responsible for around half of the UK's productivity increases. But the rate of increase has slowed significantly since the financial crisis. This difference explains all our productivity gap with the United States," said Sunak.

"We are absolutely committed to using our Brexit freedoms to create the most pro-innovation regulatory environment in the world," he said.

Concluding his first major business policy speech as Prime Minister, the British Indian leader dubbed innovation as the "golden thread" of the UK's national story.

"The idea of what's yet to be discovered is surely even greater than all that's come before. I want the United Kingdom to be a place of learning, discovery and imagination, of potential realised and ambition fulfilled. That's how we'll improve the lives of all our people. And as your prime minister, that's what I'm going to do," he said.

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[rickroll]

I am not sure anyone other than Thatcher would have yielded any different result. Thing is once the western world coined the word globalization to sell their produces in developing countries, then to stop developing countries from start manufacturing those very goods was a loosing battle. It was bound to happen, a little bit of innovation, cost arbitrage and huge ambition of developing countries esp China and India meant that manufacturing had to move to wherever it's cheaper. Problem with UK is that it just didn't do anything when all of this was happening. The factory workers and businesses when they lost their jobs, didn't end up becoming software engineers or learnt some high end manufacturing, they just gave up. Not only did they not develop new things but they even lost the capacity to develop new things. Once an economy has lost that ability, it starts to stagnate. And it's not going to be any different for Europe in the coming decade.

Good point.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Sunak wants to ban Channel migrants from deportation appeals

Rishi Sunak is gearing up for a battle with the courts over plans to prevent migrants who have crossed the Channel in small boats from appealing against their deportation.

The Home Office has drawn up two options to achieve the prime minister’s goal of automatically barring people who arrive in Britain illegally from claiming asylum, The Times has learnt.

The more radical proposal would take the unprecedented step of withdrawing the right of illegal arrivals to appeal against their automatic exclusion from the asylum system. A second proposal under consideration would only allow them to lodge an appeal after they had been deported.

At present, asylum seekers have the right to remain in the country to have their case heard. Critics of the appeal proposals said they would “start hitting problems from day one”.

Sunak has made his pledge to “stop the boats” one of his five priorities amid anger at the government’s failure to tackle the issue. A record 45,756 migrants crossed the Channel last year, a 60 per cent rise from 2021.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...l-migrants-from-deportation-appeals-mg5n06swc

Welcome to the fudge brownie club Rishi.

 

[Technics 1210]

Infosys: firm founded by Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law in UK tax dispute

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/31/infosys-uk-tax-dispute


HMRC and the Indian IT services firm, in which the prime minister’s wife, Akshata Murty, holds a stake of close to 1%, disagree over a corporation tax bill of about £20m, according to the company’s annual report. The dispute, first revealed by the Times, is one of a clutch of tax issues the company has in a range of jurisdictions, including Australia.

Large tax disagreements that could affect a company’s operations or profits often have to be disclosed to shareholders and regulators. Infosys is publicly listed in India and New York.

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Like father, like non-dom daughter, like son in law, like a typical desi.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. It's ironic that the UK will need to issue more visas to Indians to come as tax inspectors, since 75% of this country has given up working.

Fraudsters and criminals all round - send them back to the fastest growing economy in the world, where tax evasion is rife

 

[Kroll]

OP, get over it, its hardly a big surprise is it? At least, times have changed to allow a brown person to become UK PM which would have been unimaginable only a couple of decades ago.