Mayoral races could determine if Rishi Sunak sinks or swims

A caravan protesting the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone parked near the home in south London of mayor Sadiq Khan. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA WireThe van last Saturday had just driven up the Mall from Buckingham Palace, before turning right at the top of St James’s Park on to Horse Guards Road.

The owner seemed angry over Ulez, which charges the owners of older, less environmentally-friendly vehicles £12.50 for each day they are driven in London boroughs. There were “No to Ulez” stickers all over the van and mocking pictures of Khan asking for £12.50.

It seems unlikely. Hall is shunned by most of Britain’s traditional media and many in her own party. Her eccentric campaign has been dogged by accusations that she is a blue London Trump. She has on several occasions liked social media posts that indulge anti-Muslim tropes, such as the one that claimed Khan was the “mayor of Londonistan”.

Hall has also been the object of ridicule. She once played up how she had been pickpocketed on the Tube, and how it was evidence of the degeneration of London under Khan. It turned out she had actually lost her wallet on a train, where it was picked up by a good Samaritan who dropped it into a lost property office.

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