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Sadiq Khan shows why London doesn’t need a mayor

He seems more interested in self-promotion than improving the capital

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Sadiq Khan doesn’t seem to know what his job is. The Mayor of London announced on Thursday morning that he was setting up a review to examine whether cannabis should be legalised. Just a few hours later, the Home Secretary Priti Patel reminded him that ‘the mayor has no powers to legalise drugs’.

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