re: Pakistani Origin Sadiq Khan winning London Mayor elections..
Lol!! He did not win because Londoners want to show the world that multiculturalism works. He won because of hope over fear. He won because Zac Goldsmith’s smear campaign of hate, Islamophobia etc backfired on him. He won because he was the best suited candidate out of all the list of candidates. He won because his manifesto contains things that if he actually works on, are great things. Clean energy by 2050. Clean air. Fare freeze for four years until 2020 for TFL. He won because of the fact that he had the backing of the Labour supporters in London. Not only brown and Muslims voted for him by the way, only 10% Muslims live in London. A lot of white British people voted for him and campaigned for him as well. A lot of Corbyn supporters backed Sadiq Khan in London, not for Sadiq Khan, for Corbyn and Labour. He won because people are fed up of the Torys. A lot of people that voted Tory in the general elections, voted Labour this time. I personally know many. Chancellor Osbourne’s grand budget 2016 made many people angry, from doubling of tax for buy to let mortgages, to cut down on budgets for policing etc. People are sick of the Tories, this is why today nationwide wins for Labour in England. Labour won majority in London assembly too - granted traditionally Labour almost always wins London, but after 8 years of Boris the mad Johnson, it is about time Labour and liberals took back London from the conservatives. Whatever his policies and agendas are, it’ll be a breath of fresh air after 8 years. It’ll be interesting to see what happens next.
P.S. He won, because from day one he has been campaigning about affordable housing in London and giving priority to people in London for purchasing and ownership, over foreign parties from outside the city and country. Just FYI.