Greater London Assembly and Mayor elections - 5 May 2016

[DavidB.]

How much of a role does Khan's ethnicity/background play for people/in the campaign? When Ahmed Aboutaleb became mayor of Rotterdam, him being a Moroccan and a Muslim was a big deal for people and in the media. Most people were positive about it, seeing it as a sign of progress. (The big difference with London being that Dutch mayors aren't elected, they are appointed).

I would expect it to be less relevant for people in London, however, since the UK's relation/history with multiculturalism is a somewhat easier one than the Netherlands'.

[DavidB.]

Jews who cannot vote anymore. Livingstone's dream has come true, it seems