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Kate Osamor is a Labour politician and has been the MP for Edmonotn since 2015. She is currently Shadow Secretary of State for International Development. She believes being black in Westminster is a challange at first but the bigger challanege is getting more black MPs elected if theres ever going to be a black Prime Minister.
“There are loads of protocols that you have to adhere to that you’ve got to learn which I was never taught so I’m learning how to speak in a language that I don’t normally use. I’m learning to always get permission before I speak. I don’t come from that. I come from just fight your way through if you’ve got something to say, say it quickly.
"I think that’s one of the biggest issues is that if you’re not confident , if you don’t think someone wants to hear your voice then you’re not going to ask you’re going to sit back and be intimidated whereas I’m the opposite. I have a story and I want to speak. I want to speak for all of those people that I grew up with that didn’t have anyone speaking for them. I have to push past the poshness because they are like me. They do the same things I do.
"It’s possible Britain can have a black PM but we do need to have more MPs first for that to happen. You need more of your crticial mass for your point get through and at this point in time that’s not happened so we need more MPs that are coming from diverse communites first before we can look at having a black PM."