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Leading Britain's conversation, speak to Sadiq.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, takes your calls.

Four minutes after ten is the time, and it is that time again.

It comes around, doesn't it?

Just when you least expect it, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan is in the studio. Good morning. Good morning. It's a lot easier without there being hundreds of people in the audience as we were at the Indigo, the O2. It was a good one, wasn't it? It was really good. And the energy, although you give some energy, James, not quite the same energy here in the LBC studio as there is in the O2

Indigo. Focus is the mind. It's scary as well. I mean, to have all those, the whites of all those eyes staring back at you. And of course, you also can pass on any difficult questions to your deputies, which is not an opportunity that you can avail yourself of in this. Another downside of being in the LBC studio. In this context, exactly that.

Will you be appearing on any picket lines

in the coming days?

Well, having the past appeared on picket lines,

and I think it's really important to make sure

we understand that actually the genesis of all these problems,

the root cause of all these problems,

are government policies. It's either the government

pulling the strings of there are companies, or not giving whether it's there are companies,

whether it's TFL, whether it's the NHS, whether it's our schools, the monies they need to give

their work as a decent pay rise. So no, you won't be appearing on any picket lines in the coming days. Tomorrow, for example. No, I'm afraid I won't, simply because of pressure of work and stuff. But I think it's really important for... So you would do otherwise? Absolutely, listen, the trade unions have been at real force for good to our country over the recent weeks, months and years. And I'll give you the best... Would that be a sackable offence for you? I don't want to preempt any callers questions, but would you not run the risk of getting fired if you turned up on a picket line? I think Londoners would, who are my employees. From the party. No, listen, I mean, there are members of our party, you know, who've been on picket lines in the last few weeks, months and years. What's really important, though, is for people

to understand those who are members of a trade union, the benefits everyone receives by their

campaigning trade unions do. And the best example in recent times, James, is during the pandemic.

It was the trade unions who worked with us to make sure public transport was safe, not just for

their staff. And by the way,

more than 100 transport workers lost their lives, but for commuters as well. It was trade unions

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