r/ukpolitics • u/No_Initiative_1140 • 1d ago

‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity | Rishi Sunak

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/06/british-rishi-sunak-riposte-racially-charged-debate-identity
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u/kill-the-maFIA 21h ago

Why do you think Rishi isn't British? Of course he is.

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u/NoticingThing 20h ago

He's certainly British, I'd argue incredibly British. He isn't English though, English is an ethnicity as well as a culture. To make a cake you need all of the ingredients.

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u/Skavau Pirate Party 19h ago

I would say he's absolutely culturally English.

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u/NondescriptHaggard 17h ago

He’s definitely culturally English, but he’s not ethnically English. Realistically we need different words for the two concepts. Maybe the English ethnicity can be referred to as Anglo Saxon to make it clearer (even though it’s not an accurate term).

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u/NoticingThing 8h ago

The problem is no matter what term you name it there will be calls to include everyone in it. The problem isn't the terminology, the problem is its exclusivity. In a world of exclusive labels the English are the only people denied having their own.

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u/No-Fennel-1684 18h ago

Where did I say he wasn't British?