Sadiq Khan - ‘Had I known what it involved, I can’t say I’d have gone into politics’

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Q. What connects the grandson of Pakistani immigrants, the son of a seamstress and bus driver, one of eight children raised in a three-bedroomed council flat in Tooting, a human rights lawyer, former Labour Cabinet Minister, Liverpool football fan AND the Mayor of London? A. They are ALL Sadiq Khan. At 53, Khan has lived many lives - in his latest incarnation, he is the three-time London Mayor (although he says he wants to serve for six terms). Today, he joins me on How To Fail to discuss the personal and professional failures that shaped him - from being rejected as a teenage cricketer and realising the rules were rigged against him to protecting his family and suffering terrible racist abuse. He talks about struggling to belong in a world dominated by posh white public schoolboys and how he finally decided to accept himself. Plus: why politicians should be allowed to change their minds and why he still visits his mum every day. As always, I’m desperate to hear about your failures. Every week, my guest and I choose a selection to read out and answer on our special subscription offering, Failing with Friends. We’ll endeavour to give you advice, wisdom, some laughs and much, much more. Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com Production & Post Production Manager: Lily Hambly Studio and Mix Engineer: Gulliver Tickell and Josh Gibbs Senior Producer: Selina Ream Executive Producer: Carly Maile Head of Marketing: Kieran Lancini How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to How to fail, the podcast that flips the traditional interview format on its head
0:16.0	and asks its guests what they learn from the moments that things went wrong,
0:20.0	and what that taught them about success.
0:22.8	Before we get to today's episode with Sadiq Khan,
0:25.9	just a reminder that you can join me for more how to fail
0:29.0	in our subscriber series, Failing with Friends.
0:32.1	Every week I get some extra time with my
0:34.1	guest to answer your failures and questions and it really is such a special
0:39.4	atmosphere because I find that you see a different side to our guest because the focus has
0:45.9	taken off them and put squarely on you and very often they're incredibly
0:51.4	surprised at how much advice they actually have to give.
0:54.0	This week you'll hear more from today's guest, Sadeek Khan.
0:58.0	One of my favorite politicians, he's a former he was president, and the reason why I love him is he failed to be the mayor and so the
1:04.8	constellation prize was US President Theodore Roosevelt. He came third by the way and
1:09.2	being the mayor. But he's got this lovely phrase which is daring to fail.
1:13.0	And we'd love to hear from you.
1:15.0	Follow the link in the podcast notes to share your failures or questions.
1:20.0	Sadiq Khan's life thus far has been characterized by defying the odds.
1:27.0	He was one of eight children born to Pakistani immigrants, his mother a seamstress, his father, a bus driver. He was raised on a council estate
1:36.4	in South London, went to the local comprehensive, and shared a bunk bed with his brother
1:41.2	until he left home in his 20s. When inspired by both the
1:45.3	teacher's suggestion and the TV series LA Law, he went to study law at the
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