Khan, the Labour candidate bidding to be the first Muslim mayor of London, has repeatedly had to fend off accusations of links to extremism made by the Tory campaign for Zac Goldsmith.
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In bright sunshine, Britons trickled in to voting stations to cast their ballots in elections which some campaigners fear could fail to attract many voters, as the contests have been overshadowed by next month’s referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union.
Jagger criticised the tactics used by Mr Goldsmith, which have seen Mr Khan accused of having shared platforms with and “given oxygen” to extremists.
Mr Khan has previously said that in each instance he was attending as either as a human rights lawyer or as a local MP and that he had no prior knowledge or control over who else was invited.
However, in a sign of the rare electoral appeal provided by Mr Johnson, a ComRes poll found that he would be leading Mr Khan by two points if he had run again.
We sat down to discuss baes, chirpsing and more serious stuff with front-runners Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith, but we’ve also got the lowdown on the other men and women vying to rule our fair capital.
He is the son of the late tycoon financier Jimmy Goldsmith – who left his family a fortune of £1.2 billion ($1.75 billion, 1.5 billion euros) – and first surfaced in the newspaper society columns with his sister Jemima, ex-wife of the Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan. “If I should have the privilege to be the mayor I will show Londoners the sort of mayor I can be”. One leaflet had a picture of Goldsmith meeting Modi on a visit to London and pointed out that Khan did not.
Kooks frontman Pritchard recorded a video message backing Mr Khan and tweeted: “I’m supporting @SadiqKhan to be the next Mayor of London – would urge all Londoners to do the same”. But Labour under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn is divided and beset by a controversy over allegations of anti-Semitism within its ranks.
A poor showing would bolster discontented Labour lawmakers who believe the party is heading for a third straight general election defeat in 2020 if Corbyn – a rumpled life-long socialist with strong support among the party’s grass roots – is not replaced.
Corbyn predicted last week that Labour would not lose seats, but later said that “predictions are not that important”.
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David Cameron has warned Londoners against electing a Labour mayor, as he stressed it was vital to maintain a close relationship between government and City Hall.
