The mayoral election on May 7 is a two-horse race between Sadiq Khan and the Tory candidate, Shaun Bailey, so it is only right and fair that the opposition be subject to proper challenge. In his recent article for Red Box (“Londoners need clean air and more houses and police”), Bailey showed again why London’s values of openness, tolerance and internationalism are on the ballot paper. Clearly he is not the person who can be trusted to run London. Khan has made unprecedented progress on tackling the crucial issues of toxic air pollution and climate change. Thanks to the most ambitious plans of any major city in the world, we’re already seeing real-world improvements in air…

Source: The Times January 22, 2020 00:01 UTC