Sadiq Khan has labelled Donald Trump‘s policies “sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic and racist” in a fresh attack from the Labour Party at the President-elect.
Trump had criticised the Mayor of London in the wake of the London Bridge terrorist attack – and has also referred to him as “very dumb” and a “stone-cold loser who should focus on crime in London”.
But Khan claims that the 45th and 47th President wouldn’t have “come for” him had he been white.
Asked by the High Performance podcast how it felt to be singled out by Trump, Khan said: “It’s personal, let’s be frank.
“If I wasn’t this colour skin, if I wasn’t a practising Muslim, he wouldn’t have come for me. He wasn’t coming for me because I’m 5’6″. He’s coming for me for – let’s be frank – my ethnicity and my religion, so it’s incredibly personal to me.”
He added: “So you know the fact that I was speaking out against somebody whose policies were sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic, racist, wasn’t because I wanted to come to his attention, [it was] because I have a responsibility to speak out if I think something’s affecting not just Londoners, but… all of us.”
But the Mayor welcomed the prospect of Trump in the capital.
He told the podcast – recorded before last week’s US election – “I would love Donald Trump, whether he wins or not, to come to London. Let me show him around our wonderfully diverse communities.
“Let me take him on the Pride march next summer. Let me take him to a mosque, let me take him to some of our diverse communities and understand that actually it is perfectly compatible to be a Westerner and to be a Muslim, and it’s perfectly compatible to treat women with respect, and to be a leader and to be a man.”
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Leadbeater ‘disappointed’ in Streeting as bitter assisted dying row grows
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has said she is “disappointed” in Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s remarks about her controversial assisted dying Bill.
Streeting had told Times Radio yesterday that legalising assisted dying would have “resource implications” that would “come at the expense of other choices” in the NHS.
“To govern is to choose. If Parliament decides to go ahead with assisted dying, it is making a choice that this is an area to prioritise for investment. And we’d have to work through those implications,” he said.
But now, Leadbeater has lashed out at Streeting, telling The House magazine: “I’m disappointed that the Health Secretary came out to speak about the Bill before he had even seen the Bill, and a couple of comments that were made on the media this morning would suggest he hasn’t read the bill. So, that is disappointing.”
Asked whether she accepted Streeting’s argument about spending priorities, the MP for Spen Valley said: “I disagree with that.”
Backlash to Pearson police visit grows AGAIN as Reform UK’s Lowe joins pile-on
Rupert Lowe has added his name to a wave of support for journalist Allison Pearson
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Rupert Lowe has added his name to a wave of support for journalist Allison Pearson after it emerged she’d been subjected to a police visit for a year-old social media post.
Joining figures including Elon Musk, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Nigel Farage, Lowe took aim at the police’s apparent lack of focus on “actual crime”.
He said: “The police should focus efforts on tackling actual crime, rather than ‘hate’ online. Public trust in the police has collapsed, and leadership believes this is a good use of officer time?
“I feel for the decent men and women having to enforce it. I support Allison Pearson.”
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