Tag: Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon

Calling out and isolating extreme voices is part of leadership. With his article (May’s inaction is helping Islamophobia go mainstream, 2 April), Sadiq Khan has chosen to play politics on a serious issue. For the problem is much bigger than that, as evidenced by people like Tommy Robinson and his ilk. By dwelling on past comments and a mistaken retweet – things for which I’ve already apologised – Mr Khan seeks to entrench divisions instead of heal wounds. If we only look back we’ll never move forward. I try not to resent the entire Labour party, for example, because Emma Dent Coad MP once called me a “token ghetto boy”. I will not be looking to rehash any of Mr Khan’s previous comments; rather, his record as mayor of London will be my target. My plea to Mr Khan is this: can we please move on from the Punch and Judy politics that so many people are now sick to death with? This is the sort of election race I would like to run, discussing the things that matter most to Londoners and talking about how to move our city forward. Click here to upload it and we’ll publish the best submissions in the letters spread of our print edition