London mayor hits out at Nigel Farage at black culture festival

Sadiq Khan said the event was an opportunity to ‘champion and celebrate’ London’s black community

In response to critical comments by the GB News presenter about the Black on the Square festival, the London mayor said: “Listen, if Nigel Farage thinks it’s a bad idea, by definition it must be a good thing.” Speaking to the PA news agency, Mr Khan, who engaged with the crowd and posed for selfies at the festival, was positive about the “good turnout” and said it was a chance to “champion and celebrate” London’s “undervalued and under-appreciated” black community.He said: “I don’t think we can ever be complacent in relation to those forces that want to undo the progress made in London.

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