AIBU for thinking that Sadiq Khan has won the London Mayoral Election?

[Westfacing]

For some strange reason it was put about yesterday that Susan Hall might have won, or that it was very close.

Wishful thinking on someone's part!

I don't really know what the Tories were doing with their choice of candidate, a Boomer suburban white lady, whose social media activity suggests she may be slightly racist, to represent an incredibly diverse city where the average age is four years younger than any other region of the UK.

Was that genuinely the best they could do?

Nope because I can’t find it either doesn’t mean it won’t happen
but then it’s just my opinion I just don’t trust him 🤷🏻‍♂️

@LakeTiticaca well 60% of the voting population didn't even bother to vote and they will probably still complain.

Knife crime is up nationally, policing is worse nationally.

What specifically do you think Khan has personally done to cause knife crime to rise?

It appears so.

The first choice candidate had to stand aside.

Exactly! Her entire campaign leaflet (got it through our letterbox) was whinging about Khan. I couldn't at all work out how she would improve things. She blatantly lied about being pickpocketed on the tube. She seemed to support racist groups on social media. If there had been a credible opposition, I was open to consider it but unfortunately there wasn't so we'll stick to what we know.

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I’ve not had to complain about him once which is why I voted tor him.

I don't really know what the Tories were doing with their choice of candidate, a Boomer suburban white lady

Oh, give over with the Boomer suburban white lady, FFS!

Her obvious shortcomings had nothing to do with her age, sex, location or skin colour.

She is a political lightweight with far right views and limited appeal to the majority of Londoners.

So you've just made it up then.

Was he the rapey one?

It would have been really good to have a good strong female candidate for Mayor but that wasn't to be. Susan Hall was also Brexity and a Trump supporter, she really was an awful choice.

The reason the Tories don't put up a good candidate against him is then they'd have no one to blame for all the crime. A Tory mayor would be blamed just as sadik khan is blamed now.
If sadik khan is blamed long and hard enough it takes the focus off the fact that Tory underfunding of police has lead to increased crime.
It's not the labour mayors fault, his hands are tied because he hasn't been given the money by the Tory government. Add a Tory mayor into the mix and everyone will blames them entirely.

He has a budget of 17 billion though, that is not nothing. I would imagine that it would be possible to do a better job than Khan has with that much.

Here in Bromley it is the opposite. I don't know anyone - except me - who likes Khan.

That he won does not surprise me. That he won with an increased vote share does.

Yes there is, mostly from the ignorant. I am glad he won, overall he is a good man and a good mayor but you can't please all the people all the time.

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Wonderful news! I voted for Sadiq again. Clean air, free school meals and public transport!

Sky News are calling West Mids for Labour too 😁😁😁😁😁😁😂

Thank goodness for that!
Congratulations Sadiq! 🙌👏🎉☀️💚

Yup

Bollocks

Exactly! 👏👏👏

🙌🙌🙌

Cool!