Old news just in: Dizzee Rascal likes Barack Obama because he is black, and thinks that a political uprising similar to Obama's victory could happen in the UK. Speaking immediately after the 2008 US election, Rascal, 24, stated that "if you believe, you can achieve, innit?" while Jeremy Paxman looked on, amused and appalled.
So, could it happen in the UK? Dizzee will no doubt be pleased to hear that, since the 2005 election, the House of Commons has been host to 15 non-white MPs, which is a whopping two percent of the total. 13 of these are Labour members, and two are Tory. Unfortunately none of them seem to be in the running for Prime Minister just yet, but I'm sure an inspirational hip-hop political anthem will change all that.
(Thanks to Laura for the link).
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