People always talk about how politics needs to be diverse and inclusive, and they are right but they go about it the wrong way. People always focus on race, gender, religion, but the most important thing to include is class. Representation has always been gated by class and class is ultimately gated by wealth, having a few rich women and minorities as representatives isn't really that far removed from the typical silver-spooned MP. The way I think about it, how much does a very wealthy Indian immigrant have in common with the immigrant running a small family business? Barely anything really, and it's a great trick to con people into thinking they 'are one of us'.
Australia just elected a man whose background is far from stable, housing estates, single and disabled mother, a man whose family is entirely reliant on social programs, and federal support. That was the only way a person stuck in that situation can pull themselves out of it, how can someone from poverty get a university education otherwise? I really hope you lot can find a person that really represents the people too, I was thinking it was Corbyn but I really don't know much about UK politics. I just hope one day you guys get a person that is far removed of the landed gentry that dominated your politics for hundreds of years that isn't John Major.