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Sadiq Khan

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[Wikipedia] Sir Sadiq Aman Khan is a British politician who has served as Mayor of London since 2016. He was previously the member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting from 2005 to 2016. A member of the Labour Party, Khan is on the party's soft left and has been ideologically characterised as a social democrat.

Quotes by Sadiq Khan

I never understood how much running changes your life. I'm now obsessed. When not trying to beat my personal best, I'm talking…

Advice

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I used to do stand-up, actually. I had a ten-minute routine I did for a thing called 'Stand Up for Labour' where…

Comedy

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Vibrant political parties are vital to the health of our democracy.

Democracy

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When Pakistan beat England at cricket, my Pakistani cousins remind me how English and British I am. When they say, 'You're one…

British

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Londoners, Mancunians, and Brits across the country will never, ever be cowed by terrorism.

Country

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Victims of crime and the wider community deserve a grown-up debate on our criminal justice system and how we can make it…

Community

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I see this rise in rough sleeping and homelessness - in one of the wealthiest cities in the world - as a…

Believe

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My experience in relation to taking on the preachers of hate was saying to them it's compatible being British, being Western, being…

Being

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The U.K. has some of the best protections in law for religious groups in the world. They aren't perfect, but they provide…

Best

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Muslims, like most other voters, don't just want 'one of their own,' they want someone who best represents their values.

Best

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London has always been open to trade, people, ideas. We have to keep that. I want to compete not just with New…

Berlin

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London is a great city full of amazing people from all backgrounds and when Londoners face adversity, we always pull together. We…

Adversity

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Victims want to know that the true perpetrators of their crime are convicted - legal aid helps achieve this.

Achieve

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Voting, for me, has always been a family affair.

Affair

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Immigrant communities have been genuinely accepted in London.

Accepted

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Leaving the EU isn't the answer to Britain's problems.

Answers

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Being subjected to Islamophobic abuse makes integration less likely and amplifies the views of the extremists rather than the mainstream. It's divisive…

Abuse

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Legal aid is central to righting wrongs and rectifying injustice.

Aid

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It is not enough to pay lip service to diversity.

Diversity

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It's too easy to dismiss Donald Trump as a buffoon - to point and laugh at a man whose worldview is as…

Donald trump

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Most employers I speak to, they want to create jobs and give decent salaries. Some small and medium companies say to me…

Company

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Women with opportunities are women who can contribute.

Contribute

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I am proud that London is a city where, the vast majority of the time, Jewish people, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, those…

Black white

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We need to make it safe to cycle across London. Why not pedestrianise parts of London like Oxford Street and Parliament Square?…

Cycles

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I challenge British Muslims to accept that as strongly as they feel about Iraq or counter-terrorism measures, poverty and inequality have the…

British

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