With so much agony and stress on handling immigration levels in the UK, all of the political parties are starting to feel the pressure to obtain the support of the public.
My parents being part of the first generation, have always supported and rooted for the Labour party, as they viewed it to be beneficial for people of ethnic minority backgrounds and lower social incomes. However, growing up I found it particularly hard to feel like I'm part of the political influence and discourse in society, due to the under-representation of ethnic minority members in parliament. To point out as well, most MP's and other political figures are mainly white, male and stem from a middle-class background. How am I meant to relate to that? Come on.
According to The Evening Standard, Conservative peer and pollster, Lord Ashcroft, reported that being non-white is the best indicator that some won't vote Tory. Personally, me and my family prove this point to be true. My dad regularly has conversations with me about how the Conservative party is looking to 'Americanise' the UK and is the reason why we are experiencing a turmoil in the job economy and the lack of social mobility as a result of unaffordable housing- I guess me and my family are lucky in the sense that we no longer live in a flat, but a beautiful, massive seven-bedroom hose. Needless to say however, we (me and my siblings) are all growing up and soon we will be having our own families, so seven-bedrooms would be cosy, but not ideal.
I hope not to offend or throw any shade at any particular group of people, but it is a wide known thing that members from an ethnic minority background, have more children in comparison to their White counterparts. For this reason, does it not make sense, to contemplate more about the issues faced by these people more and come up with viable solutions for these problems? Be it housing, jobs, family, education, health .. In a couple of years time, there will most likely be in upsurge of ethnic minorities in the UK population, due to migration and inter-mixing .
It would be very humbling and inspiring to see many more people from ethnic minority backgrounds opting to stand for Mayor of London. The Mayor ultimately holds responsibility for many aspects of our lives, including : transport, housing, the environment, policing and arts and culture. If we want to feel connected with those in charge who will be creating and influencing policies, which directly affect our lives, then we need the people in government to empathise with us.
My parents being part of the first generation, have always supported and rooted for the Labour party, as they viewed it to be beneficial for people of ethnic minority backgrounds and lower social incomes. However, growing up I found it particularly hard to feel like I'm part of the political influence and discourse in society, due to the under-representation of ethnic minority members in parliament. To point out as well, most MP's and other political figures are mainly white, male and stem from a middle-class background. How am I meant to relate to that? Come on.
According to The Evening Standard, Conservative peer and pollster, Lord Ashcroft, reported that being non-white is the best indicator that some won't vote Tory. Personally, me and my family prove this point to be true. My dad regularly has conversations with me about how the Conservative party is looking to 'Americanise' the UK and is the reason why we are experiencing a turmoil in the job economy and the lack of social mobility as a result of unaffordable housing- I guess me and my family are lucky in the sense that we no longer live in a flat, but a beautiful, massive seven-bedroom hose. Needless to say however, we (me and my siblings) are all growing up and soon we will be having our own families, so seven-bedrooms would be cosy, but not ideal.
I hope not to offend or throw any shade at any particular group of people, but it is a wide known thing that members from an ethnic minority background, have more children in comparison to their White counterparts. For this reason, does it not make sense, to contemplate more about the issues faced by these people more and come up with viable solutions for these problems? Be it housing, jobs, family, education, health .. In a couple of years time, there will most likely be in upsurge of ethnic minorities in the UK population, due to migration and inter-mixing .
It would be very humbling and inspiring to see many more people from ethnic minority backgrounds opting to stand for Mayor of London. The Mayor ultimately holds responsibility for many aspects of our lives, including : transport, housing, the environment, policing and arts and culture. If we want to feel connected with those in charge who will be creating and influencing policies, which directly affect our lives, then we need the people in government to empathise with us.