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Politics UK is the weekly programme that covers British political and policy issues, economic and cultural change and Britain’s standing in Europe and the rest of the world in a way that is relevant to an international audience.  
It's the flagship programme for UK political analysis and debate on the BBC World Service.  
Leading politicians, commentators and intellectuals take part each week to discuss and reflect on the main events shaping British politics.

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08/01/2010

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A Special look at the first Asian MPs to be elected in Britain, more than a century ago.

A weekly look inside British politics from the BBC.

It's a little known fact that the first Asian MPs were elected to the British Parliament more than a hundred years ago - at the height of the British Empire.   At a time when Britain ruled over many peoples of Asian and Africa - ordinary British voters were still happy for men born and brought up in India to speak for them in Parliament.  Politics UK this week examines how these remarkable individuals managed to win a place at the heart of the Victorian establishment, and their impact on the future of India itself.    

Presented by Susan Hulme.  The editor is Elaine Thomas.   

Some of the material in this programme was originally broadcast on BBC Radio Four, in the series "Britain's White House" produced by Julia Johnson.

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