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How Labour lost the Indian vote in the local elections - New Statesman

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Attacking Rishi Sunak’s elitist background goes down badly with affluent, ambitious, nostalgic Hindus.

Ugandan Asian refugees arriving at Stansted Airport in September 1972. Photo by P Felix/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images How could Labour, a party that won big elsewhere in London and brands itself a haven of diversity and a champion of immigrants, lose Harrow council in the local elections on 5 May? The answer lies in Labour’s changing relationship with London’s Indian community, which it seems its leaders have failed to grasp and which has serious implications for the party’s future. To understand, we must go back to Idi Amin’s expulsion of Asians from Uganda in 1972. This sent shoc

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