To mark the first anniversary of his election as Mayor of London, I caught up with Sadiq Khan last week (I profiled him at length for the NS last year). The Mayor was at County House in Beckenham, south London, to meet the first tenants to benefit from his London Living Rent.
When I spoke to Khan afterwards we discussed his first year at City Hall, Donald Trump and the general election. But it was on Brexit that the Mayor was most striking. Though Khan praised shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer for recognising “the importance of privileged access to a single market”, he delivered a frank assessment of Labour’s standing.
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