The opposition Labour politician, the son of a Pak bus driver, broke from convention by taking his oath of office in a multi-faith ceremony at Southwark Cathedral.
"My name is Sadiq Khan and I'm the mayor of London," the 45-year-old said to cheers from supporters, who had earlier given him a standing ovation as he walked in.
He added: "I'm determined to lead the most transparent, engaged and accessible administration London has ever seen, and to represent every single community, and every single part of our city, as mayor for all Londoners."
| Experience shows that opening gambit leads to the exact opposite. |
| How many voted for him to demonstrate how open minded and unprejudiced they are? |
Conservative Prime Minister
David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
had led the attacks against Khan for sharing platforms with radical Muslims at public events, and Goldsmith said he was "radical and divisive
...politicians call things
divisivewhen when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never
divisive,they're
principled...
There was criticism from across the political spectrum on Saturday at the tone of the Tory campaign, but Defence Secretary Michael Fallon insisted it was legitimate.
"Both candidates were asked questions about their backgrounds, their personalities, their judgment, the people they associate with," he told BBC radio. "That's the nature of our democracy and the rough-and-tumble of politics."
| A list of those tut-tutting the telling of truths follows, of interest only in terms of the breadth of the critics, who include a Pakistani-Brit Tory and the sister of the Tory mayoral candidate in question, who once upon a time was married to Imran Khan, famed former Pakistani cricketeer and omnipresent failed politician. |
His success was a boost for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist who has been battling a row over anti-Semitism and growing criticism from the moderate wing of his party since his election in September.
But Labour fared less well in other regional elections on Thursday.
| Possibly voters were uncomfortable with the many censured by the party in recent weeks for antisemitism, but more likely it has to do with the EU and the "migrant" invasion. |
| This Jerusalem Post editorial lists the new mayor's pro-Islamist indiscretions before segueing into hopeful pieties useful only as protective virtue signalling. |