EXCL: Black Tories to launch group to appeal to African Caribbean voters by Vic Motune
“When you look at the Conservative party, you’ll find that if you are from an African Caribbean background, you’re very likely to be able to progress as much as your gifts and talents take you” he said.
Kasumu’s resignation as No 10 special adviser prompted wide speculation about why he left. But Kasumu told The Voice there was no rift with Boris Johnson Among some of the leading Black Conservatives who have attended the group’s meeting ahead of its October launch are education secretary and former party chairman James Cleverley, Hitchin, Harpenden MP Bim Afolami, Maidstone and The Weald MP Helen Grant and former London Mayoral election candidate Shaun Bailey.
The launch of the 2022 Group follows Kasumu’s decision to resign as No 10’s special adviser for civil society and communities in April last year.At the time it was widely speculated that his departure was linked to the widely criticised report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which controversially denied the existence of structural and institutional racism.