Sadiq Khan expects a 'tight fight' as rumours swirl that he's lost against Susan Hall

“Sadiq Khan’s team was always expecting this to be a tight fight.”
However, Caroline Wheeler thinks it’s unlikely Susan Hall will win the London mayoral race.
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[@seanoleary771]

Lol. This headline is already aging like spoilt milk and it's barely been out an hour. Hall's getting crushed in every declaration.

[@FishingFan2]

Delusional.

[@Dark_Bandon]

I'm a White Native Londoner and I voted for Khan because he's the BEST Mayor the city has ever had. I'm looking forward to more ULEZ zones and cleaner air.

[@chrysalis4126]

@@FishingFan2 She is.

[@pr-ji1ni]

That headline is such an embarrassment. Says all you need to know about Times Radio 😂

[@MKAMINBD]

Congratulations to Sadiq Khan on his re-election as the mayor of London for the third time.

[@sofbash]

The Tories put up a deranged candidate for London mayor. The Tories just need to return to the centre ground.

[@martinrose2833]

Labour played Susan Hall like a cheap broken fiddle

[@31Blaize]

Not sure they needed to. She was doing a great job all by herself!

[@JerushaJane1]

The Times was really taken in by Susan Hall's dreams on this. Very embarrassing for a newspaper that considers itself serious. Susan Hall is as reliable as Liz Truss, and The Times editors and reporters must know that, and resist the pressure they have come under to be biased!

[@enaya1976]

It's nonsense this will be close. Sadiq will win by large margins. The tories candidates it so bad not even worth mentioning her name here. Not fit to be a Mayer or any significant position. Londoner will go out and vote for the Sadiqu in droves.

[@martinmcgurk5150]

Let's not forget all the stealth taxes under the Tories.

[@FishingFan2]

And you really believe it won't under Liabour? Be careful what you wish for.

[@moomin7461]

​@@FishingFan2That doesn't excuse what the Tories have done.

[@martinmcgurk5150]

My prediction for London mayor is a 60000 majority for Mayor Khan. I am predicting a 4.8% swing to Labour.

[@Yawnyaman]

Yeah, I’m estimating something fairly similar

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

The vote is down. People don't seem to care about the Khanage in London.

[@DC.409]

Well that didn’t age well, given the result.

[@georgesimmons9775]

Sadiq Khan wins by 11%. Our thoughts are with Times Radio at this difficult time

[@SuperbStevieG]

So funny how angry non-Londoners get about the London Mayor.

[@FishingFan2]

I haven't been to London in over 20 years? I wouldn't visit again on the basis of crime and the London Mayor failing to stop it. You're very welcome to him, good luck you'll need it.

[@deepseashark5951]

​@@FishingFan2He's a brilliant mayor, cope

[@bowser295]

​@deepseashark5951 wow your either muslim or delusional Or both Go and have a romantic forever getaway in rwanda if you love him that much

[@zinghao131]

@@FishingFan2 Right, there was a time in the 1970s/80s when London had a massive problem with the far-right which cost many lives. But when policing was changed by Ken Livingstone, then serving the Greater London communities as the head of the GLC it finally became a place where people of all ethnic backgrounds and faiths could live in peace. The far right left and moved into the commuter belt. We don't want them back.

[@31Blaize]

@@FishingFan2 Homicides are almost half of what they were 20 years ago, burglaries also down but don't let a good fact get in the way eh?

[@MurphyOCP-001]

Turns out it wasn’t tight at all.

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

So the Khanage continues, people carrying machetes, knife crime, etc etc Khan that laughs at the amount of crime in the city.

[@aqynbc]

Voting Khan shows the 'new' londoners love the fashionable knives attack.

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419]

better than a mad racist

[@FishingFan2]

Most probably carry knives anyhow...

[@dharmendragohil4926]

Come on forgot sakes you know what's going on There's something fishy going on. If everybody has been complaining about us.How can it be a tight race to remove SK

[@SashedPotato]

Because complaining people are very loud. "everyone" is often just a few thousand in the youtube comments

[@Rawdil]

Londoners voted Khan in. Outside of London, people are annoyed. An oxymoron!

[@juliegwilliam8503]

The UK has it's very own d0m in ion just like the Yanks 😮 who is the founder and funder??? # follow the money 😮

[@KernitTheFont]

Where are you getting your 'rumours' from? the Wetherspoons toilets? 🤣

[@Yawnyaman]

Early indications suggest he’s about 15% ahead, slightly ahead of Labour at the last GE

[@Yawnyaman]

Narrowed a bit after the outer London results.

[@robertmaslin3844]

Bojo left his ID at home on purpose, either to hopefully being allowed to vote or just to tell people he doesn't give a flying f**k about rules that don't apply to him.

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

He went home to get his ID, he did vote.

[@clivedavies5618]

As of 2.30 Labour are claiming victory for Sadiq Khan - unofficial of course.

[@martinmcgurk5150]

Dear Mr Khan's first job is to get the SQUATTING SNAKE out of number 10.

[@knightsnight5929]

Can snakes squat?

[@MarkInOxford]

Kudos to ToryTimes for not taking this video down, or at least editing the title.

[@SL-sd3sg]

Tight fight?……red wave ❤️

[@csg-cutesmilegooner1690]

I can't stand that 🗑mayor

[@purshindarahluwalia4554]

It will be disastrous if khan wins again.

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419]

he has

[@pauldurdan1549]

What you mean the London diverse crowd can't make multiple votes this time?

[@RonTodd-gb1eo]

Postal votes will swing it for Khan.

[@simonwood1402]

Put Susan in the Post 📫 👏 Great idea!💡👍

[@The.Toaster]

Of course they will. The most controversial man right now and he wins again. It's a fix. I'm certain.

[@davidpearson243]

The Times,The Mail and Laura at the BBC must be very embarrassed this evening with those terrible headlines

[@chrysalis4126]

Well this aged well 🤣🤣

[@martinmcgurk5150]

My final prediction. Mayor Khan 228000 majority.

[@shanepetrauske7485]

No tight fights here. I'm guessing from the public voting honestly. They have been switch in his favour, by some Hi Tec piece of machine. Then altered, switched in Khan favour. Very low turn outs, would guess that's a lie too. People liked paying Ulez fees going to work everyday. People would have voted, because it's the big one.

[@martinmcgurk5150]

Update. Mayor Khan 115000 majority. 5.35% swing to Labour.

[@FishingFan2]

Isn't that about the same as Indigenous people 45% to immigrants and non British people 55% Yup thought so.

[@trevorbarnett7454]

Hope hes a lead balloon

[@jennyporraz]

So sad she never won better than him,

[@johnmoody2365]

Caroline Wheeler wide of the mark pedalling right wing Tory rhetoric again

[@vinay7397]

Labour voters too thick to get photographic ID 😂😂

[@knightsnight5929]

When did Boris join Labour Party?

[@michaelstanley3961]

Labour have trounced the stories, just because it's "expected " doesn't mean it's not great......

[@marvellis6762]

Both utterly inept!

[@martinmcgurk5150]

He's comfortably home and dry.

[@peterteagleteagle9958]

Of course all his Muslim friends will now want repaying

[@martinmcgurk5150]

My latest update. Mayor Khan 83000 majority. 5.2% swing to Labour.

[@natsdaley9615]

Errrmmm hes winning so nothing to see here

[@janiceellis5461]

If he wins no one. Yes no one can say a word about ulez so who votes him in are the looser I don't drive.

[@mad7016]

YES YES 💯 💯 💯 💯 CHANGE NEEDED!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤

[@martinmcgurk5150]

Updating my prediction. Mayor Khan 72000 majority. 5.1 % swing to Labour.

[@martinmcgurk5150]

My updated prediction.Mayor Khan 88000 majority. A 5.3% swing to Labour in the capital.

[@louisbanaszak3125]

it`s a fix

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419]

agreed. no way mad susan got that many votes

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419]

embarrassing desperation for content relying too much on twitter gossip.

[@adriansolomon6805]

Does the ID rule not suggest that he cheated in the last poll😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@31Blaize]

No. The ID rule suggests Tories are trying to cheat the entire nation (see JRM's comments)

[@Islam-ci5np]

Borris 😂😂😂

[@simac3880]

Profound political commentary... 'Yadda yadda'

[@daviddunnmusic8323]

His Muslim brothers will vote him in .

[@daviddunnmusic8323]

@MattBrocklebank you are deluded who do you think votes for him ? You think the average londoner is happy being in the minority in their own capital city? You lety loons are incredibly dim

[@deklane3139]

How is he getting so much support after all the crippling restrictions he has imposed upon Londoners.

[@sarahbarrett1247]

Because most Londoners are smart enough to realise that the restrictions started under Tories and are the fault of Bungling Boris.

[@zinghao131]

I live in London and I don't know a single Londoner that feels the crippling restrictions imposed upon by Sadiq

[@sharikulislam6232]

You can also ask how the Tories are still getting support after all the crippling restrictions they placed on the country.

[@crow4936]

Or how any of them get support when the all constantly lied and bend the truth. We are run by snakes and are slaves to their lies .

[@mad7016]

CHANGE NEEDED!!!

[@grahamwebber5795]

Demographics, its now called londistan. Now Cant live there cant drive there.

[@user-ur9zn3gp5n]

Islamic Republic of england victory to our brother sadiq khan Islam will dominate England allah o akbhar inshallah .

[@johnmel9456]

Like his man bag ...lol

[@TheVoice1616]

Duplicate Britishers will vote khan