Show Notes
Previously a school teacher like her dad, Hina Bokhari has been a Liberal Democrat Merton councillor since 2018, the first Muslim woman to win a seat in that borough. She was elected to the London Assembly in 2021.
In our conversation she reflects on her party's recent conference, its attitude to London and hopes for making gains at next year's borough elections and speaks with feeling about the recent increase in racist incidents and flag intimidation.
She also speaks up for the Labour Mayor following Donald Trump's latest insulting behaviour and recalls her father being a teacher and mentor to the young Sir Sadiq. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tim Donovan, as many of you will know, was for a long time Political Editor of BBC London. He's covered even more mayoral election campaigns than I have. Recently, Tim wrote a piece for me at OnLondon.co.uk in which he argued that Sadiq Khan will probably not seek a fourth term as Mayor, having already won three elections in a row. We talked about that, possible alternatives as Labour candidate for 2028, who the other parties might select for the contest and what the chances are of a non-Labour candidate winning. #london #sadiqkhan #labour #conservatives #greenparty #mayoroflondon #mayoralelection2028 #truelondon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Policy Institute at King's College has produced an authoritative study of the differences between what the British public believes about London and what official statistics show, concentrating mostly on crime the capital's population and its general quality of life.
This year's local elections in London are the most unpredictable for years and likely to produce changes in the political control of most of the capital's 32 boroughs. The Liberal Democrats have had less publicity than all the other parties, yet the have good grounds for thinking they will emerge stronger after 7 May. They may not win a majority on Labour-run Southwark Council but hope to win a substantial numbers of seats, perhaps the largest number, in a possible hung council.
Sunder is the director of British Future, a think tank concerned with the big issues of integration, identity, ethnicity and culture. It has just published a highly illuminating report about how best to keep on bringing people together in the high-diversity east London borough of Newham. Read it here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Daniel Sugarman is the deputy editor of Jewish News. He's written eloquently about the impacts of antisemitic attacks on Jewish communities, including the one at the start of this week that saw the torching of ambulances owned and operated - for the benefit of people of all faiths and none - by a Jewish charity. This took place in the car park of a synagogue in Golders Green, an area where many Jewish Londoners live.