UK's first black CEO

[expat]

You really think we could have a black (or even half-black) Prime Minister?
You really do live in cloud cuckoo land.

We've had a Jew, and a woman, before most Western countries.

[TykeMerc]

It clearly states.....First Black CEO of any "FTSE 100" .....

D'oh, reading comprehension down the pan today.

So out of a grand total of 100 companies this is the first black CEO. Big deal, I wonder how many people from Cumbria or Aberdeen have been the CEO of a FTSE 100?
It's a meaningless statistic with a tasty political spin.

[denver2k]

We've had a Jew, and a woman, before most Western countries.

Apparently, Disraeli, while born into a jewish family, was babtised into the church of England at age 12 and Tony Blair waited till after he stood down from the post of prime minister to officially convert to catholicism....

[expat]

Apparently, Disraeli, while born into a jewish family, was babtised into the church of England at age 12 and Tony Blair waited till after he stood down from the post of prime minister to officially convert to catholicism....

Spoilsport. Anyway, has Israel ever had a C of E PM?

[PM-Junkie]

You really think we could have a black (or even half-black) Prime Minister?
You really do live in cloud cuckoo land.

Just to interject...yes I do actually. Bearing in mind what is currently on offer, if someone who knew what they were doing but who had blue and yellow striped skin came forward, I think people are that hacked off with the current crop of politicians they would probably vote for him.

[NotAllThere]

I know black contractors. They're the CEO of their own companies.

[DimPrawn]

Everyone I went to school with went to prison.

[Cyberman]

Just to interject...yes I do actually. Bearing in mind what is currently on offer, if someone who knew what they were doing but who had blue and yellow striped skin came forward, I think people are that hacked off with the current crop of politicians they would probably vote for him.

... and so do I. There is no barrier in this country to genuinely talented individuals. The USA have a 'black' President and I can envisage a 'black' Prime Minister within 50 years. In fact, I envisage a muslim leader will ride to power on the back of a religious vote before too long and the UK could well be a majority muslim state.

[Cyberman]

Why? I'm merely observing that the education system here does not seem to be working for ethnic minorities since it took someone educated outside to make it to the top.

HTH.

That's got more to do with the dumbing down of our education system by the current HMG and the refusal to accept that not everybody will achieve the highest standards. Thus they lower the pass-rate to give everybody a token and worthless qualification. 50% of students going to university with a subsequent high rate of drop-outs says it all.

[Liability]

You really think we could have a black (or even half-black) Prime Minister?
You really do live in cloud cuckoo land.

I will put cash on it that the first non white Prime Minister in the UK will be Asian or of Indian decent....not Black.

It will also be within the next 4 elections.