Rishi Sunak as PM is a welcome sign but disadvantages still hamper minorities in Yorkshire

Rishi Sunak as PM is a welcome sign but disadvantages still hamper minorities in Yorkshire – Dr Mohammed Ali OBE

 

 

When I set up QED Foundation back in 1990, it was hard to believe that Britain would one day have an Asian prime minister. At the time, all but four of our MPs were white. People from ethnic minority backgrounds hardly ever succeeded to high-profile positions in the professions, academia or the media.