Back to London for the city’s mayoral elections – and the verdict is in. In a win for Labour, Sadiq Khan has been hailed as victor for an unprecedented third term with an increased vote share of 44 per cent, while the Conservative’s Susan Hall has been relegated to second place with a 33 per cent vote share. While Tory MP and former aspiring mayoral candidate Paul Scully criticises his party for running an ‘incredibly underwhelming’ and ‘anti-Khan’ campaign, the Labour mayor will be feeling rather smug today with a swing from the Conservatives to Labour of 3.2 per cent.
Will Khan’s third win mark the beginning of a new dawn for London? Call Steerpike a cynic, but the city’s rather long list of problems seems to have only grown longer under the Labour mayor’s tenure. Certainly his victory is as good a chance as any to explore the lowlights of his time in office so far…
An unwelcome expansion
The thorn in Khan’s side, the London mayor’s hamartia, is his love for Ulez – and, specifically, for expanding it.
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