Sadiq Khan

Why?

Because we are progressive cities, we are liberal cities, we are multicultural cities, and we're incredibly successful.

We are the antithesis of nativists, populists, commentators, and politicians.

And I think, listen,

the fact that in new york you may elect somebody who's a muslim is neither here nor there it's what are his policies what are his vision what does he want to do for the people of uh new york and i think listen it says more about the people criticizing uh you know zohran mamdani's ethnicity and and faith says more about them and you know what they're all about than it says about him

Look, conversations I have with others are private conversations, but I'm quite clear.

When you are from a city like London or New York, I think the greatest honor and the greatest privilege is to be the leader of that city.

I've had many great jobs in my life that I've thoroughly enjoyed.

There is no greater job than being the mayor of your city.

I've seen from afar

the campaign that Zohran Mamdani has run.

He appears to be having fun.

He appears to be connecting.

He's doing something that I know a lot about, which is reaching parts of your city that are underserved, reaching people that hitherto feel as if politics isn't for you, understanding that actually sometimes cities aren't fair.

Sometimes in a city, you've got two separate tales taking place.

And what's important is for you to be authentic.

And whether you're in New York or London or other parts of the globe, it's to be true to yourself.

And I'm looking forward to seeing the results in the next couple of days, actually, see what happens.

Well, the reality is when you are...

from a global city, when you are a leader of that global city, your audience really importantly are your constituents, but also it's the globe because the world's eyes are on London, the world's eyes indeed are on New York.