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'''Sadiq Khan''' (born 8 October 1970) – a former human rights lawyer – is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting in South London since 2005. He is standing as the Labour Party's candidate in the [[2016 London mayoral election]].
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'''Sadiq Khan''' (born 8 October 1970) – a former human rights lawyer – is a [[Labour Party]] politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting in South London since 2005. He won the [[2016 London mayoral election]] and was sworn in as Mayor of London on 7 May 2016.
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On his ''Facebook'' page, Sadiq Khan wrote:
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:Thank you!
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:Today was an amazing victory for hope over fear and for unity over division – and it simply would not have been possible without your help.
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:This victory is not about me. It's about the millions of Londoners whose lives we can improve by building more affordable homes, freezing fares, restoring community policing and cleaning up our toxic air.
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:Thanks to the time, money and support you gave, we were able to overcome a desperate and nasty Tory campaign. We've sent a strong message that the politics of fear are not welcome in London.
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:Now the hard work starts. Let's make London even better for all Londoners.
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:Thanks again, Sadiq<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/sadiqforlondon/posts/1143125672406885 "Victory for hope over fear and for unity over division"]</ref>
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==London bombings slur==
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Referring to the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]] in a desperate attempt to avoid defeat, [[Zac Goldsmith]] wrote in the ''Mail on Sunday'' on 1 May 2016:
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:“On Thursday, are we really going to hand the world’s greatest city to a Labour Party that thinks terrorists are its friends?”<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/zac-goldsmith-london-mayor-campaign-sadiq-khan-baroness-warsi-a7009126.html "Zac Goldsmith criticised by former Tory minister Baroness Warsi over Sadiq Khan 7/7 London terror bus image"]</ref>
  
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==Landslide?==
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To which, Sadiq Khan tweeted in response:
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In January 2016, Sadiq Khan was reported to be set for a landslide victory over his Conservative rival [[Zac Goldsmith]] in the race to be Mayor of London. Khan, who began the new year with a pledge to freeze London transport fares, is now ten points clear of Goldsmith according to the YouGov poll for LBC. Khan is on 45% compared to just 35% for Goldsmith, once undecided and non-voters have been excluded.
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:@ZacGoldsmith's campaign is getting more desperate and divisive by the day.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/726779736228241409 "Zac Goldsmith's campaign is getting more desperate and divisive by the day"]</ref>
  
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If borne out on 5 May 2016, it would be the largest victory for any candidate since the London mayoralty was set up and a major boost for the Labour party.<ref>[http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/01/07/sadiq-khan-on-course-for-landslide-victory-over-zac-goldsmit "Sadiq Khan on course for landslide victory over Zac Goldsmith"]</ref>
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==Top priority for new London Mayor==
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Before the announcement of Khan's election as Mayor, this post appeared on the ''Facebook'' page "2016 London mayoral election should focus on Heathrow Airport":
  
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==Look at second preferences==
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:The Mayor of London is required to set policing and crime priorities for the [[Metropolitan Police Service]].
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Asa Bennett, the Assistant Comment Editor at the ''Daily Telegraph'', told LBC that Zac Goldsmith's team does not need to be too worried, saying:
 
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:"Boris has shown he can come from behind. For example, in the 2012 campaign, about six months before, [[Boris Johnson|Johnson]] was at 39% and [[Ken Livingstone|Livingstone]] at 45%. So this is very surmountable. The thing that people aren't looking at is second preferences.
 
  
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:"When it comes down to it, Zac will have the Greens in the bag who would love to vote for the former editor of [[The Ecologist]] magazine. He'll have [[UKIP]] in the bag, given he's a Eurosceptic.
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:The new Mayor's top priority must be to get Scotland Yard finally to investigate the murder of 270 people in the 1988 [[Pan Am Flight 103|Lockerbie bombing]], in particular the targeting of the highest profile victim: Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, [[Bernt Carlsson]].<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/958040884289268/ "2016 London mayoral election should focus on Heathrow Airport"]</ref>
  
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:"But Sadiq will be under threat from some left-wing voters who are going to be tempted by [[George Galloway]], who is trying to out-[[Jeremy Corbyn|Corbyn]] Sadiq."<ref>[http://www.lbc.co.uk/sadiq-khan-winning-race-to-be-london-mayor-poll-122690 "Sadiq Khan Winning Race To Be London Mayor: Poll"]</ref>
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Following his swearing-in on 7 May 2016, this was posted to Khan's ''Facebook'' page:
  
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==No unnecessary risks==
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:On 21 December 1988, [[Pan Am Flight 103]] - the Boeing 747 jumbo jet with a bomb and 259 passengers and crew aboard - took off from Heathrow Airport at 18:25hrs. It exploded over Lockerbie in Scotland at 17:03hrs killing 270 people, including eleven in the town.
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Sadiq Khan's team know they face a struggle to win back the sort of working class outer London voters that the party lost to Boris in both 2008 and 2012. Whatever the polls say, Labour needs to reach beyond their comfort zone if they are to see off Goldsmith in May. That said, Khan's campaign are also not willing to take any unnecessary risks either. And with [[Ken Livingstone]]'s long history of putting his foot in it, Khan's team appear to believe that standing beside Livingstone would be the biggest unnecessary risk of all.<ref>[http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2016/01/26/where-s-ken-sadiq-khan-distances-himself-from-former-mayor "Where's Ken? Sadiq Khan distances himself from former mayor"]</ref>
 
  
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==London bombings slur==
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:The targeting of Lockerbie's highest profile victim Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, [[Bernt Carlsson]], has never been investigated.
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Referring to the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]] in a desperate attempt to avoid defeat, [[Zac Goldsmith]] wrote in the ''Mail on Sunday'' on 1 May 2016:
 
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:“On Thursday, are we really going to hand the world’s greatest city to a Labour Party that thinks terrorists are its friends?”<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/zac-goldsmith-london-mayor-campaign-sadiq-khan-baroness-warsi-a7009126.html "Zac Goldsmith criticised by former Tory minister Baroness Warsi over Sadiq Khan 7/7 London terror bus image"]</ref>
 
  
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To which, Sadiq Khan tweeted in response:
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:The new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, must get the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] to undertake a [[Bernard Hogan-Howe#Bernt Carlsson murder inquiry|Bernt Carlsson murder inquiry]] as a top priority.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/sadiqforlondon/posts/1143458102373642 "Top priority for new London Mayor"]</ref>
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:@ZacGoldsmith's campaign is getting more desperate and divisive by the day.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/726779736228241409 "Zac Goldsmith's campaign is getting more desperate and divisive by the day"]</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 12:03, 7 May 2016

Person.png Sadiq Khan   Facebook Twitter WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Lawyer, Politician)
Sadiq Khan.jpg
BornSadiq Aman Khan
8 October 1970
London
Alma materUniversity of North London
ReligionIslam
SpouseSaadiya Ahmed
Member ofBritish-American Project, Franco-British Colloque

Employment.png Mayor of London Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
7 May 2016 - Present
Preceded byBoris Johnson

Employment.png Shadow Minister for London Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
16 January 2013 - 11 May 2015
Preceded byTessa Jowell

Employment.png Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
14 May 2010 - 8 October 2010
Succeeded byMaria Eagle

Employment.png Minister of State for Transport

In office
8 June 2009 - 11 May 2010

Employment.png Minister of State for Communities

In office
4 October 2008 - 8 June 2009

Employment.png Member of Parliament for Tooting

In office
5 May 2005 - Present

Sadiq Khan (born 8 October 1970) – a former human rights lawyer – is a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting in South London since 2005. He won the 2016 London mayoral election and was sworn in as Mayor of London on 7 May 2016.

On his Facebook page, Sadiq Khan wrote:

Thank you!
Today was an amazing victory for hope over fear and for unity over division – and it simply would not have been possible without your help.
This victory is not about me. It's about the millions of Londoners whose lives we can improve by building more affordable homes, freezing fares, restoring community policing and cleaning up our toxic air.
Thanks to the time, money and support you gave, we were able to overcome a desperate and nasty Tory campaign. We've sent a strong message that the politics of fear are not welcome in London.
Now the hard work starts. Let's make London even better for all Londoners.
Thanks again, Sadiq[1]

London bombings slur

Referring to the 7 July 2005 London bombings in a desperate attempt to avoid defeat, Zac Goldsmith wrote in the Mail on Sunday on 1 May 2016:

“On Thursday, are we really going to hand the world’s greatest city to a Labour Party that thinks terrorists are its friends?”[2]

To which, Sadiq Khan tweeted in response:

@ZacGoldsmith's campaign is getting more desperate and divisive by the day.[3]

Top priority for new London Mayor

Before the announcement of Khan's election as Mayor, this post appeared on the Facebook page "2016 London mayoral election should focus on Heathrow Airport":

The Mayor of London is required to set policing and crime priorities for the Metropolitan Police Service.
The new Mayor's top priority must be to get Scotland Yard finally to investigate the murder of 270 people in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, in particular the targeting of the highest profile victim: Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Bernt Carlsson.[4]

Following his swearing-in on 7 May 2016, this was posted to Khan's Facebook page:

On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 - the Boeing 747 jumbo jet with a bomb and 259 passengers and crew aboard - took off from Heathrow Airport at 18:25hrs. It exploded over Lockerbie in Scotland at 17:03hrs killing 270 people, including eleven in the town.
The targeting of Lockerbie's highest profile victim Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Bernt Carlsson, has never been investigated.
The new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, must get the Metropolitan Police Service to undertake a Bernt Carlsson murder inquiry as a top priority.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Victory for hope over fear and for unity over division"
  2. ↑ "Zac Goldsmith criticised by former Tory minister Baroness Warsi over Sadiq Khan 7/7 London terror bus image"
  3. ↑ "Zac Goldsmith's campaign is getting more desperate and divisive by the day"
  4. ↑ "2016 London mayoral election should focus on Heathrow Airport"
  5. ↑ "Top priority for new London Mayor"
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