Think back nearly twelve months. Sadiq Khan stands in front of a podium, the mayoral election in full swing, and he issues what becomes his refrain as he seeks re-election. Imagine what is possible, in a London backed by the “winds of a Labour Government”, Khan declares.
It was a handy political tool to use at the time. The real reason he hadn’t done much was because of those dastardly Tories, it was — as ever — someone else's fault. A few months later, after he’d danced over the Millennium Bridge in a fluorescent green suit, triumphant in the mayoral election, he was arm in arm with the new PM — the wind was about to fill London's sails.
