Sadiq Khan

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  • Blocked late Queen statue in Trafalgar Square until 2030 in favour of "woke" art including 850 faces of transgender people who were mostly sex workers.[1]
  • Visits Babar Ahmad, a convicted terrorist, in his spare time.[2]
  • Fundraises for Babar Ahmad, a convicted terrorist, to not be extradited to the USA.[2]
  • At a funeral in 2016 Khan was seen shaking Ahmad Babar’s hand.[2]
  • Khan's law firm received £1.3m in legal aid having sued the police 328 times in 10 years.[2]
  • Described "Fire will be throughout the world" as "flowery words".[2]
  • Described a man who said "Its not suicide, it is martyrdom in the name of of God" as "a voice of reason and understanding".[2]
  • Blamed British government policy for 7/7 attacks.[2]
  • Referred to moderate Muslims as "Uncle-Toms".[2]
  • Hired Shueb Salar, who described the murder of Lee Rigby as fake.[2]
  • Claims knife crime is falling, official statistics regulator disagrees.[3]
  • Denied that he promoted United Airlines on US visit in exchange for business-class seats on flights.[4]
  • In 2001 he was the lawyer for the Nation of Islam in its successful High Court bid to overturn the 15 year ban on its leader Louis Farrakhan.[5]
  • Campaigned with Suliman Gani, an imam who supports female subservience to men and who has called for the founding of an Islamic state.[6]
  • His law firm consulted on the defence of Zacarias Moussaoui convicted in relation to 9/11.[7]
  • Appeared in pro-abortion video.[8]
  • Backs project to build LGBTQ+ housing "free from oppression".[9]
  • Spent £10m on a training course featuring tests to determine the "colour" of Met Police officers personalities.[10]
  • Spent hundreds of thousands of pounds of government money on two beach parties.[10]
  • Voted in favour of accepting 3,000 unaccompanied Syrian child refugees who travelled to Europe.[11]
  • Removed English language requirement for hire drivers.[12]
  • London needs more migrants when the white British population in London is 36.8%.[13][14]
  • Described David Amess assassination by a Somali terrorist as "passing away" from injuries.[15]
  • Labour is "proud to be antisemitic" gaffe.[16]

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