Conservatives including Prime Minister David Cameron and Fallon himself had sought to question whether London would be safe being run by the 45-year-old Khan, a Labour Party lawmaker who grew up in public housing in the capital’s inner city.
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However, the failure of the two men to pose together for congratulatory photographs fuelled rumors of a growing divide between Labour’s leader and arguably the party’s most senior elected office-holder.
“The decency of Londoners, the decency of British people, will always cut through”, he said at a swearing-in ceremony at Southwark Cathedral in south London.
Asked on BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show what contribution Mr Corbyn had made to his election, Mr Khan replied: ‘Success has many parents and I think what’s important is the victory on Thursday was a victory for London because.
Sarah Montague Given what you said then, are you now anxious about London’s safety?
But his mother, Lady Annabel, said to the Mail on Sunday: “Zac is the least racist person I know”. His leap to political success from his humble origins as the son of a bus driver from Pakistan is the flawless example of how migrants can assimilate perfectly fine, even within a single generation. Do those demographics affect the campaign? Khan pledged to lead not only other Muslims, but to lead London’s 8.2 million citizens.
Goldsmith had accused Khan of “pandering to extremists” and providing them “oxygen”.
Khan has repeatedly rejected the allegations of extremist links, and condemned the remarks of his colleagues.
The left-wing mayors of NY and Paris saluted Khan, as did USA presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
MF Well, I’m hoping that we can work with Sadiq Khan.
MEGAN THOMPSON: Are there signs that those tensions will ease now that the election is over?
“I never imagined that in my lifetime I could have a mayor of London from an ethnic minority background”.
The Conservative campaign was marred by accusations it was using fear to try to retain control of City Hall, with the prime minister raising questions about Khan’s suitability for mayor in the Commons. Also that he was very happy that people here had chosen unity over fear and division. It will also be governed, for the first time, by a Muslim.
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“That is not enough in order for us to win a general election and we should all of us remember that that general election might come rather sooner than anybody expects – it may come rather sooner than 2020”. You haven’t said that you are not.
