Don't give a toss about his colour, but he's just another career Mayor. Let's quickly look at them so far:
Ken Livingstone - Labour / Independent
Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986
Born in Lambeth, South London, to a working-class family
Elected as MP for Brent East in 1987, he became closely associated with anti-racist campaigns.
Introduced the congestion charge, Oyster card, and articulated buses, and unsuccessfully opposed the government's privatisation of London Underground.
Initiating and overseeing London's winning bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics
ushering in a major redevelopment of the city's East End
Boris Johnson - Tory
former journalist
Born in New York City to upper-middle class British parents
educated at the European School, Brussels
MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008
(MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015
Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018
introduced the New Routemaster buses, cycle hire scheme, and Thames cable car.
Sadiq Khan - Labour
Born in Tooting, South London, to a working-class British family
law degree from the University of North London
solicitor specialising in human rights issues
Councillor for the London Borough of Wandsworth from 1994 to 2006
elected MP for Tooting at the 2005 general election
Rory Stewart - Tory
Education at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford,
a
diplomat, working in Indonesia and Montenegro.
He left the civil service to undertake a
two-year walk across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal. Wrote a book
parliamentary candidate for
Penrith and The Border
Chair of the Defence Select Committee
Minister of State for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs.
He might be a nice bloke, but I really don't see how he can represent the people of London. He left the civil service to go for a walk and write a book - he's naturally
a loner, not a Londoner!
He probably thinks all Londoners are like
