Article 6NX2M The tragic parable of Rishi Sunak: driven by success at all costs, then undone by his own myth-making | Nesrine Malik

The tragic parable of Rishi Sunak: driven by success at all costs, then undone by his own myth-making | Nesrine Malik

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Nesrine Malik
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The PM's unbending belief in Britain as a meritocracy blinded him to the realities of race, class - and his own flawed project

In Nairobi's industrial South B district stands the Highway secondary school, alma mater of Rishi Sunak's father. It was established for Asian boys in 1962, one year before Kenya's independence, during a time when there were separate schools for whites, Asians and black Kenyans.

Days after Sunak became prime minister, the principal told the Kenyan press that his premiership was an indication that with determination and focus, one can be anything in this world. We are not limited if the example of the UK premier is anything to go by." The celebration reflected an aspirational approach to life, emerging from deep within the postcolonial experience, that conceives of the world in terms of centre and periphery, and in which success is defined by proximity to that centre. Endeavour to excel", the Highway school motto, is hand-painted neatly on a blue sash on its walls.

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