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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

E216: Sadiq Khan: Why Are Police Officers Attacking Women? How Safe Are We REALLY?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.613.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

From sharing a Tooting council flat with 9 other family members to shaping the lives of 9 million people as the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan knows where ambition can take you.

He also knows what the responsibility to his city has cost him, affecting all the other most important responsibilities in his life, from his mental health, his faith and even the safety of his family.

Discussing everything from Donald Trump to responding to terrorist attacks, this is a landmark conversation, that breaks through all the usual smoke and mirrors of politics and takes a honest look at the person behind the power.


Topics:

  • Early years
  • Working all the time
  • Why are you a politician?
  • What direction do you think London has gone in in the last 10 years?
  • The knife crime problem
  • Police officers attacking women
  • Your hardest day as mayor
  • Donald trump
  • Your faith
  • Have you ever felt your safety at risk?
  • Suffering during covid
  • Where have you let yourself down
  • Politicians not being honest
  • What’s labor doing wrong?
  • Why don’t politicians lead with emotion?
  • What are you most proud of?
  • Your father
  • The last guest question


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Let's be frank, Donald Trump was obsessed with me.

0:03.0

The Mayor of London wasn't somebody of my background, my faith.

0:06.0

He wanted to respond in the way he did, would he?

0:08.0

Mayor of London, so the car is the first Muslim mayor

0:11.0

has made some powerful opponents.

0:13.0

The new image of Britain's multi-cultural society.

0:16.0

The mayor is with us.

0:17.0

Do you think London's safe?

0:19.0

Well, we've reduced homicides and life-crime and crime.

0:23.0

I don't think people feel safe in London.

0:24.0

I'm not excusing it. I'm explaining it.

0:26.0

That's a consequence of crisis.

0:27.0

There's been a lot of instances of police officers

0:30.0

who have attacked raped women and girls on the streets of London.

0:34.0

What are you doing about that?

0:35.0

We're doing it now.

0:36.0

How?

0:37.0

That'd be a criticize for this.

0:39.0

Since you were elected mayor, what are the things you look at?

0:42.0

And go, do you know what I failed there?

0:44.0

Well, that's a good question.

0:45.0

But I'm running for re-election in 467 days' time.

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