Standing up against Trump and fighting against air pollution has made Sadiq Khan a target for the far right. He talks death threats, the toll on his mental health – and why he wants six terms as London mayor. Plus exclusive extract from his new book
led to thousands of deaths. The problem is, you can’t see or smell today’s air pollution.”
Khan with Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, whose daughter Ella was the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death.I’m still waiting for Khan to take a breath. “Listen, Simon, in just two years we managed to reduce the toxicity in a centralised city by almost 50%. I spoke to experts from around the world who say they have never seen a policy so effective in such a short time. When I first became mayor, King’s College said it will taketo make our air within legal limits.
His environmental record is far from perfect. Khan has been criticised over his support for the Silvertown tunnel, a £2bn road-building programme in east London. While he argues it will make London’s air cleaner, many independent health, climate and transport experts believe that it will increase traffic and air pollution in some of the poorest boroughs in the country.
Last December, Khan announced he would seek an unprecedented third term as mayor. The day we meet a YouGov poll shows his ratings are down, with 35% of Londoners thinking he is doing a good job and 50% saying he is doing badly . Could his stance on air pollution cost him the election in 2024? “I don’t think it will. I stood in the last election saying I want to be the greenest mayor our city’s ever had, and I got the biggest vote a sitting mayor’s ever received.
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