Article: Patel is not just a name, it's a whole way of life

But Western ways are weakening traditional ties for UK Gujaratis Radio Meet the Patels Radio 4

They sound like the British National Party's dream: hard-working and aspirational, socially cohesive, big on family values. But just one thing might stop them being BNP boss Nick Griffin's new best friends - they hail from Gujarat in India. There are now around a quarter of a million Patels in Britain and they're not doing badly: I don't know if unemployment stats have been calculated, but I can't imagine that many are signing on. If your name's Patel, you're seven times more likely to be a millionaire than if it's Smith.

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