Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has told broadcasters this morning he has not decided whether to run for a fourth term. When asked by Sky News and the BBC, Khan said: “Ask me again in a year’s time.” Delay, delay…
As of June last year the line was: “Sadiq hasn’t decided yet if he’s standing again at the next mayoral election… this is the same as the last election cycle when he didn’t announce his decision until much later in the mayoral term.” Khan announced his intention to stand for a third term in January 2022 – 28 months before the election in May 2024. It is now 28 months until the next mayoral election in May 2028. Khan’s self-declared deadline has passed…
Khan is already the only Mayor to serve three terms. Last time he was asked in September he implied he was leaning towards running again. Is he waiting for the offer from some jumped-up UN climate body before he decides…
19 Greater London Authority staff are delivering full-day mandatory training to the rest of them. If Reform wants to target civil servants…
Six of them come from a dedicated Climate Mitigation team in the GLA. Two each from the Waste & Circular Economy and Green Infrastructure teams…
The mandatory training has four stages:
‘Carbon Literacy’ training materials are produced by Manchester based Cooler Projects CIC. It recommends in its founding material that people are trained on Guardian articles. The GLA refuses to release a full raft training documents on ‘copyright’ grounds…
Staff spend the day “writing three pledges on the day on how you will take climate action through your work at the GLA.” Tube fares are going up by 5.8%…
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has hit back at President Trump after he said Sadiq Khan is “incompetent, horrible, vicious” and is “doing a terrible job”. It’s not the first time Trump has let rip on the London Mayor…
Nandy told Sky News this morning that both she and Starmer think Trump is wrong:
“I strongly disagree with those comments. I think Sadiq is doing a really good job. So, I strongly disagree. I know the Prime Minister would disagree. I’m sure that if you asked the Prime Minister if he was sitting in this studio today, he would say what I’ve said.”
Yesterday Khan insisted Trump is “obsessed” with him, claiming that Americans are “flocking” to live in London because its liberal values are the “antithesis” of Trump’s. Deteriorating…
The war of words continues between Donald Trump and Sadiq Khan. Not the same attitude the US President has towards Zohran Mamdani…
Speaking to POLITICO US, Trump unleashed on the London mayor:
“If you take a look at London, you have a mayor named Khan. He’s a horrible mayor. He’s an incompetent mayor, but he’s a horrible, vicious, disgusting mayor. I think he’s done a terrible job. London’s a different place. I love London. I love London, and I hate to see it happen. You know, my roots are in Europe, as you know, right? And I hate to see that happen. This is one of the great places in the world, and they’re allowing people just to come in unchecked, unvetted.”
Trump added “I want to run the United States. I don’t want to run Europe. I’m involved in Europe very much… I hate what’s happened to London.” Expect Khan to come back on that one…
Sadiq Khan has spent more than £250,000 on diversity training for City Hall staff since coming to office in 2016. Cost of Khan…
Susan Hall asked a Khan in a written question how much was spent on the training:
That’s a total of £253,967. The trend is on the up again after falling from a high of £57,077 in 2020…
City Hall adds: “It is important to note that we do not record the costs associated with training delivered internally by GLA staff, as this is considered part of their core responsibilities and is absorbed within existing roles.“ So the actual spending is likely to be far higher, especially considering staff are mandated to spend entire days on climate activism training…
Latest polling from Freshwater Strategy for City A.M. might dampen Sadiq Khan’s hopes for a third term as Mayor. A whopping 56% of Londoners think the city is heading in the wrong direction, while three in five said Khan should not run again. Khan’t ignore that…
More Londoners were dissatisfied (39%) with Khan’s performance than satisfied (32%). Meanwhile, two fifths of Londoners would consider voting for the Greens’ Zack Polanski if he were to run for Mayor. Gulp…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”