Last Thursday, as you’ll probably know, if you haven’t been living under a rock on the outskirts of Syria Planum, London held a mayoral election. After his 57:43 victory, Labour’s Sadiq Khan has taken over at City Hall, in the process becoming the first Muslim to preside over a major western city.
We decided we couldn’t let this pass without comment. So in a special bonus edition of our podcast, Barbara and I are joined by the New Statesman‘s special correspondent Stephen Bush to talk about the politics of London’s mayoral election, and what Khan’s victory means for the city.
We also talk about Marvin Rees’ victory over George Ferguson in Bristol, and discuss what the arrival next year of mayors for England’s city regions will mean for existing city mayors like Rees and Liverpool’s Joe Anderson. All that, and Stephen treats us to a rousing chorus of his top 10 hit “Metro, metro mayor”, too. It’s a hell of a 15 minutes.
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