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In the current situation, the Tories winning the London mayoralty next year looks like Boris Johnson is telling the truth, but Jeremy Corbyn can only make it possible if he stands in the London mayoral election next year.
Normally I think that the candidate who supports Trump, Liz Truss will do very badly in London, but the Tories shamefully changed the system of electing the mayor of London from the system of additional voting to first from 2024, so it is possible to win with say 20% of the vote because the Labor vote is divided between Khan and Corbyn, which paves the way for Susan Hall. I hope Labor will promise to undo this affront to democracy by returning to by-elections*.
If Jeremy Corbyn’s candidacy helps elect the Tories, he will incur the wrath of Khan and millions of others on the centre-left. Given how many times Corbyn voted with the Tories against the last Labor government, he will cement his Red Tory status if he hands the Tories the London mayorship.
Here is the latest bet from Betfair, I’m not sure where the value is other than laying Howard Cox candidate for Reform, despite the Labor city, London has only voted for the Labor candidate three times out of six times in the London mayoral elections.
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*Starmer should be bold and propose to legislate to change London’s mayoral electoral system to an alternative electoral system, the fairest electoral system there is. Starmer was elected in the leadership of AV and Tory since 2001 has been elected in the form of quasi-AV. If it’s good enough for Starmer and Sunak then it’s good enough for the country.
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