Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan      (Lawyer, Politician)
Born	Sadiq Aman Khan 8 October 1970 London
Alma mater	University of North London
Religion	Islam
Children	2
Spouse	Saadiya Ahmed
Member of	British-American Project, Franco-British Colloque
Party	Labour
Mayor of London  In office 7 May 2016 - Present Preceded by Boris Johnson  Shadow Minister for London  In office 16 January 2013 - 11 May 2015 Preceded by Tessa Jowell  Shadow Secretary of State for Justice,  Shadow Lord Chancellor In office 8 October 2010 - 11 May 2015  Shadow Secretary of State for Transport  In office 14 May 2010 - 8 October 2010 Succeeded by Maria Eagle  Minister of State for Transport In office 8 June 2009 - 11 May 2010  Minister of State for Communities In office 4 October 2008 - 8 June 2009  Member of Parliament for Tooting In office 5 May 2005 - Present  Shadow Secretary of State for Justice In office 8 October 2010 - 11 May 2015 Preceded by Jack Straw  Shadow Lord Chancellor  In office 8 October 2010 - 11 May 2015 Preceded by Jack Straw

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.

Victory for hope over fear

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

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?”

To which, Sadiq Khan tweeted in response:

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

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.

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.