• Wednesday, April 24, 2024

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Point of departure

Shailesh Vara

By: Keerthi Mohan

by Amit Roy SO FAR no one has pointed out that Theresa May’s government looks a lot less diverse after the departure last week of no fewer than four Asians from their respective jobs. Perhaps the resignation that disappointed me most was that of Shailesh Vara as minister of state at the Northern Ireland Office. He has been a long-time friend. The others were those of the Sri Lankan-origin Suella Braverman as parliamentary under-secretary of state for exiting the European Union; Ranil Jayawardena, who is also of Sri Lankan origin, leaving the same post in the ministry of justice; and…

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