A year is a very long time in politics. At the 2016 Labour conference, Sadiq Khan delivered an audacious speech in which he warned “Labour out of power will never ever be good enough” (using the word “power” 38 times) and referenced Jeremy Corbyn just once.
His address at this year’s conference struck a diametrically opposed tone. In the second line of his speech (having finally secured a speaking slot last week), the London mayor hailed his party’s leader: “It’s great to see our Labour Party so fired up under Jeremy Corbyn.” He continued: “We made huge progress. And credit must go the leader of our party, Jeremy Corbyn” (“the king of Glastonbury and the king of grime,” he added).
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