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Khan slam dunks Bailey in final question of BBC mayoral debate

The current London mayor was in no mood to hold back when asked if he likes the Tory candidate.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2021-03-25 07:52
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Sadiq Khan and Shaun Bailey exchanged blows in a head-to-head debate aired on the BBC last night.

The two leading candidates to become mayor of London set out their stalls on policing, transport and the capital’s recovery from the pandemic.

Khan blamed Bailey for rising crime in London, saying the Tory candidate was “the youth and crime advisor to David Cameron and George Osborne” during the years of austerity, when “the cuts began to our police services and youth service”.

But Bailey retorted: “If the streets are not safe that’s the responsibility of the mayor,” he said. “Safe streets in London aren’t a luxury, they’re a necessity.”

Accusing Bailey of “talking London down”, Khan said the election will be a choice between candidates “talking down London or standing up for London”.

Mr Bailey, on the other hand said London needed “a fresh start,” which also happens to be his campaign slogan.

But the current mayor left it until the last question of the night to deliver the real sucker punch.

Asked whether the two candidates “like each other”, he was unwilling to give the same cordial response offered by Bailey.

Well Shaun vs Sadiq tonight was quite spicy, this was the final question… pic.twitter.com/s1LJmXUU2i

— Damian Lyons Lowe (@DamianSurvation) March 24, 2021

Here’s what he had to say:

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Some of the things the Tory candidate has said about Eid, Diwali, women, girls, multiculturalism, those on benefits..I get deeply upset by.

They're not my values – they're not London's values, and I hope Londoners reject those values on May 6th. #BBCLondonVote2021 pic.twitter.com/1iif2GbEVO

— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) March 24, 2021

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