After Sadiq Khan declared that he would not get involved in the Labour leadership contest, the Mayor of London had a change of heart over the weekend and penned a piece for the Observer endorsing Owen Smith.
Corbyn’s supporters have not taken this well — even re-circulating Mr S’s story about Khan attending Rupert Murdoch’s summer drinks party to suggest that he is a wrong’un. Meanwhile at a pro-Corbyn rally in London last night, thousands of supporters took things up a gear as they let their new-found feelings on the Muslim son of a bus driver be known. Despite Khan’s recent election as mayor, attendees started booing at the very mention of his name:
Sadiq Khan – council estate boy, human rights lawyer, first Muslim mayor of a major western city – booed tonight at Corbyn rally.
— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) August 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/Jack_Slater/status/767463692522942465
While Khan’s own mandate has done little to sway Corbyn supporters, the Labour leader is running out of party allies fast.
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