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UK's Obama making plans to be next PM
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 22089462:MV8yMTIxMjk4XzM1ODAxNTc3XzYzRUMzMzEy] [quote:Tess2012:MV8yMTIxMjk4XzMxODAzMURF] A wealthy MP dubbed the ‘Tory Barack Obama’ has been accused of undermining David Cameron with a secret leadership bid. The Mail on Sunday has learned that multi-millionaire IT tycoon Adam Afriyie is poised to stand, should a rumoured backbench revolt force the Prime Minister to resign. Two Tory MPs have told this newspaper they were asked to sign a letter endorsing Mr Afriyie as a leadership challenger in the event of such a contest. One said Mr Afriyie’s supporters claimed 40 MPs had already signed – though his allies deny the letter even exists. Brought up in a single-parent home among some of South London’s toughest council estates, Adam Afriyie became a self-made millionaire and Britain’s first black Tory MP. He has previously spoken of his humble roots in Peckham, as the son of a white English mother and a Ghanaian father. He later built up a personal fortune of up to £100 million from his IT business. Predictably, Mr Afriyie – who was elected to represent Windsor in 2005 – has been dubbed the ‘British Obama’ but he says: ‘I consider myself post-racial. I don’t see myself as a black man.’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2268862/Adam-Afriyie-The-Tory-Obamas-stalking-horse-plot-oust-David-Cameron.html#ixzz2JAkNNlTF [/quote] How can you call a conservative the UK Obama? [/quote]
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A wealthy MP dubbed the ‘Tory Barack Obama’ has been accused of undermining David Cameron with a secret leadership bid.
The Mail on Sunday has learned that multi-millionaire IT tycoon Adam Afriyie is poised to stand, should a rumoured backbench revolt force the Prime Minister to resign. Two Tory MPs have told this newspaper they were asked to sign a letter endorsing Mr Afriyie as a leadership challenger in the event of such a contest. One said Mr Afriyie’s supporters claimed 40 MPs had already signed – though his allies deny the letter even exists.
Brought up in a single-parent home among some of South London’s toughest council estates, Adam Afriyie became a self-made millionaire and Britain’s first black Tory MP. He has previously spoken of his humble roots in Peckham, as the son of a white English mother and a Ghanaian father. He later built up a personal fortune of up to £100 million from his IT business. Predictably, Mr Afriyie – who was elected to represent Windsor in 2005 – has been dubbed the ‘British Obama’ but he says: ‘I consider myself post-racial. I don’t see myself as a black man.’
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