Sadiq Khan has done an interview with ex-New Statesman hack George Eaton’s new magazine. Khan has laid out his personal platform:
- Rejoin the EU: “A general election victory would give us a mandate to rejoin the European Union, we should have it on the ballot paper: a vote for Labour is a vote to rejoin.”
- No referendum needed to rejoin EU: UK is a “parliamentary democracy” and dismissing the first vote as a “wheeze by David Cameron to try and keep his right flank united.“
- Reeves: “the most cautious Labour chancellor I can remember.”
- Special Deal with EU: “I think we could carve out a special deal with the EU, if you don’t ask, you don’t get… Free movement before a general election is difficult but what we should be doing is having the conversation.” Cuckoo land…
- Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms: “It’s not very British, you’ve literally moved the goal posts. The unintended consequence is that there’s less incentive to contribute and less incentive to learn English if you’ve got one foot in this country and the other in your country of origin.”
- Reeves is blocking money to Khan’s budget: “The Chancellor and the Treasury have got to stop being the roadblock to more powers. She has and they have, they’ve got to stop this.”
- Let Burnham come back: “Andy is somebody I’ve known for a long time, he’s a very talented politician, he’s achieved a huge amount in Greater Manchester over the last few years and he wants to go back to parliament. I think if he wants to go back, he should be allowed to go back… If Andy still wants to return, and an opportunity arises he should be allowed to stand.”
- Fourth mayoral term: “There’s a big runway between now and the next mayoral election and I’ve got plenty of fuel in the tank. It’s the best job I’ve ever had.”
Don’t be surprised if Sadiq starts sniffing around for a by-election at this rate…
