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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Controversial attack ad on Sadiq Khan made solely by Tory HQ, source says

The controversial Conservative attack video that portrayed London as a crime-racked hellhole was put together by the central party rather than its mayoral candidate, and has dismayed some around Susan Hall, the Guardian has learned.

The brief but dramatic film features an American-accented voiceover declaring the city the “crime capital of the world” and, using dubious claims, sought to blame Sadiq Khan.

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