The Tories now have their candidate to take on Sadiq Khan next May. Susan Hall, the right wing member of the Greater London Authority, has today defeated Moz Hossain by 57 per cent to 43 per cent in a ballot of Conservative members across the capital.
Hall, who led the GLA Tories for six years, was initially seen as an outside shot for the candidacy back in May. But she impressed the party board in London to make the final three. After Dan Korski dropped out following an accusation (which he denies) of groping, members were faced with a choice of either her or an electoral novice in Hossain. Her strategy for the nomination was based on winning councillors’ endorsements and running a punchy, pugilistic campaign against Khan. ‘The one he fears’ was their tagline, based off the duo’s exchanges at City Hall.
Hall faces an uphill battle in these next ten months
Labour has been quick off the mark to try to paint Hall as a hard-right extremist.
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