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Here is Jack Blanchard‘s take on Sir Keir Starmer getting Sadiq Khan’s endorsement from the London Playbook briefing.
It’s a big boost for Starmer’s campaign, though probably comes as no great surprise to Labour Kremlinologists, given Khan and Starmer are both London-based lawyers with closely aligned political outlooks, and actually go back years (Khan used to brief Starmer when he was a human rights solicitor.) But a public endorsement from Labour’s most powerful elected politician will nevertheless give further credence to Starmer’s status as the clear frontrunner.
