![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/daily-show-rubbished-after-claims-of-uks-racist-backlash-against-rishi-sunak/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/TELEMMGLPICT000119457245_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq8U3dV0k8-47x-Y38_MK1adHhMh81Y8GqX3ipA8YMo0k.jpeg&description=In Noah's monologue, which was titled "unpacking the backlash against new UK PM Rishi Sunak", he said: "Watching the story of Rishi Sunak becoming England's first Prime Minister of colour, of Indian descent, of all these things and then seeing the backlash is one of the more telling things about how people view the role that they or their people have played in history. "And what I mean by that is this, you hear a lot of the people saying: 'Oh, they're taking over, now the Indians are going to take over Great Britain and what's next?' "And I always find myself going: 'So what? What are you afraid of?"' The comedian was accused of portraying a fringe viewpoint as the norm in Britain. Sunder Katwala, director of British Future, a think tank focusing on identity and integration, immigration and opportunity, said: 'This is very misunderstood misreporting from America, turning a one to three per cent online niche into a British social norm.' Mr Noah's segment was inspired by a telephone caller on LBC Radio who last week said: 'Rishi's not even British, in most people's opinion. He's got American allegiance, his family's American. 'They're Indian business people. He'll go live in America no doubt. He doesn't love England like Boris does.'){kind=link}
US TV programme described as ‘detached from reality’ over Twitter video, while PM himself says Britain is not a bigoted country
Rishi Sunak has said Britain is not a racist country following claims by Trevor Noah that there was a racist “backlash” after the Conservative became the UK’s first British-Asian Prime Minister.
A Downing Street spokesman said the reaction to Mr Sunak’s recent appointment illustrated that Britain is not a racist country.
His words were echoed by Sajid Javid, the former chancellor and health secretary, who said Noah was “detached from reality” when he claimed Mr Sunak’s appointment provoked a racist “backlash”.
In a video posted on Twitter from his US satirical news programme, The Daily Show, Noah alleged there were Britons saying “now the Indians are going to take over Great Britain”.