Kevin Schofield is HuffPost UK's political editor and is based at Westminster. He has been a political journalist for more than 20 years, and in that time has worked for the Press Association, The Scotsman, The Herald, Daily Record, The Sun and PoliticsHome.
, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said he and the government do not agree with the London mayor’s comments, which he made in an article in The Observer ahead of Trump’s inauguration as president on Monday.Khan said: “We should be in no doubt, this is a perilous moment. The spectre of a resurgent fascism haunts the West.
“But in London, we’ve shown that we can defeat the politics of fear and division, with hope, unity and practical policies – such as free school meals, fares freezes, free skills training and social housebuilding that improve people’s lives. “To ward off the far right, we must be unflinching in defence of our democracy and values, and in our determination to enhance the welfare and material conditions of our communities.”told Jones: “This is something that your colleague Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, has said. He told the Observer newspaper he’s worried about fascism and the march of the Right.Jones replied: “Yes, and I don’t agree with that. President-elect Trump won an enormous election victory in the United States.
In response, Khan told HuffPost UK: “I’m happy to meet President Trump and to explain to him, in a respectful, courteous manner, where I think he’s wrong on a number of issues.”Sadiq Khan Has Hit Back At Donald Trump Over His Latest Attack On London
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