Show 366. Sadiq Khan - LIVE

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🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Sadiq Khan - LIVE

The Mayor of London is on top form in this special episode recorded at the Edinburgh Festival.

What's his analysis of Labour's first year in power?

Will Sadiq and Trump meet during the State Visit?

If so, where in London will Sadiq take him..?

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January

28 Birmingham Glee Club

29 Dorking Halls

30 Northampton Royal and Derngate Theatre

February

5 Lancaster Grand Theatre

6 Brighton Corn Exchange

12 Tunbridge Wells Theatre

14 London Bloomsbury Theatre

18 Faversham The Alex

19 Maidstone Hazlitt Theatre

20 Milton Keynes The Stables

26 Canterbury The Gulbenkian

27 Bridport Electric Palace

March

1 Guildford Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

3 Buxton Opera House

4 Shrewsbury Theatre Severn

5 Isle of Wight Shanklin Theatre

6 Paignton Palace Theatre

19 Leicester Y Theatre

20 Durham Gala Theatre

25 Sunderland Fire Station

26 Alnwick Playhouse

27 Barnard Castle The Witham

April

9 Winchester Theatre Royal

15 Worcester Huntingdon Hall

16 Swansea Taliesin Arts Centre

17 Monmouth Savoy Theatre

18 London Bloomsbury Theatre

22 Cheltenham Town Hall

23 Bath Komedia

24 Swindon Arts Centre

26 Salford Lowry

28 Leeds City Varieties

29 Lincoln New Theatre Royal

30 Chorley Theatre

May

1 Chester Playhouse

7 Norwich Playhouse

8 Oxford Northwall Arts Centre

13 Plymouth Quad Theatre

14 Launceston Town Hall

15 Exeter Northcott

20 Stamford Corn Exchange

21 Chelmsford Theatre

22 Bury St Edmunds The Apex

27 Lowestoft Marina Theatre

29 Maidenhead Norden Farm

31 Nottingham Theatre Royal

June

4 Coventry Warwick Arts Centre

5 Cambridge Junction

6 Sheffield Steamworks

9 Liverpool Everyman Theatre

10 Chipping Norton Theatre

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the political party.
0:14.2	Today's guest is the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
0:16.9	This was recorded at the Edinburgh Festival.
0:19.9	Thank you to everyone who came to this.
0:22.3	Absolutely brilliant recording.
0:23.8	Sadiq was on absolutely top form.
0:26.6	And there's some really good political analysis
0:28.7	of Labour's first year in power here.
0:30.9	Also, is he going to meet with Donald Trump
0:34.4	when he comes to the UK for his state visit
0:37.4	when he comes, will he come to London?
0:39.7	And if so, where would Sadiq take him?
0:42.8	This is so much fun because at times it's really silly.
0:46.9	But there's also some really good proper politics in there.
0:50.4	Thank you to everyone who's come to see me at the Edinburgh Festival.
0:52.9	The Edinburgh Festival is now over, but I am taking my show, Defying Calamity on tour
0:58.2	nationwide next year on a 51 date tour in 26, and the dates are as follows in January.
1:06.5	I'm going to the Birmingham Glee Club on the 28th, Dorking Halls on the 29th, and Northampton, Royal and Derngate on the 30th.
1:15.5	In February, on the 5th, I'm going to the Lancaster Grand.
1:20.0	On the 6th, Brighton Corn Exchange, on the 12th, the Tumbridge Wales Theatre.
1:25.4	On the 14th, the London Bloomsbury Theatre.
1:28.4	On the 18th, Favisham, the Alex.
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