Just as the global Indian diaspora were celebrating their central cultural festival, Diwali, they got two unexpected gifts. One was an Indian cricket victory over Pakistan. The other was the arrival of Britain’s first Indian-origin prime minister.
Rishi Sunak now holds the top job, just seven years into his parliamentary career and barely two months on from losing out to the ill-suited Liz Truss.
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Shamit Saggar heads the Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success at Curtin University and was a former senior official in the UK Blair Government.
