"Rishi Sunak has described himself as being British, English and British Asian in a riposte to increasing racially charged language used by figures on the right. The UK's first British Asian prime minister was speaking after his identity was questioned in recent debate sparked by a claim by the podcaster Konstantin Kisin that Sunak was not English because he was a brown-skinned Hindu."
"Suella Braverman, the London-born Reform MP and former home secretary, later appeared to give credence to Kisin's claims by saying that she was not English and questioning whether others born in the country could necessarily have that identity. More recently, Matthew Goodwin, Reform UK's candidate in the upcoming Gorton and Denton byelection, refused to disown a claim that UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not necessarily British."
"attention, said Sunak, when asked if there had been shifting of the Overton Window, a term for the range of ideas and language that are deemed acceptable in mainstream debate. That's one of my worries about the attention economy, or whatever you want to call it, and how that works now, and how we consume media, is that it rewards people for that kind of provoca"
Rishi Sunak described himself as British, English and British Asian after his identity was publicly questioned by commentators who claimed his ethnicity precluded an English identity. Konstantin Kisin asserted Sunak was not English because he was a brown-skinned Hindu, and Suella Braverman and Reform figures appeared to echo or refuse to disown similar claims. Matthew Goodwin declined to disavow assertions that some UK-born people from minority backgrounds were not necessarily British. Sunak said racist attacks against him and his siblings remain seared in his memory and warned that provocative media rhetoric risks normalising overt racism and undermining community cohesion.
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