London mayor says party supporters would be ‘delusional’ if they did not recognise difficulties party has had
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Labour would be 2-0 down were its time in government a football match, one of the party’s most senior figures has said, as he admitted its first year in office has been difficult. But Sadiq Khan stressed Labour still had plenty of time to win round the public.
Speaking at the Edinburgh festival fringe, the London mayor said Labour supporters would be “delusional” if they did not recognise the difficulties the party had had since winning power in July 2024.
“It is really important now we pick things up because I think we are 2-0 down.” Continuing his analogy, he said only 15 or 20 minutes of the match had gone, adding: “The great news is we have turned it round before; we have won games before where we’re 2-0 down, we can do it again.”
