The point of a big city mayor can often be to say things that national politicians have put into the “too difficult” drawer. Moving them into the reality box is another matter.
In his run-up to the London elections in May, Sadiq Khan has returned to the “Brexit isn’t working” theme. It has long been his cry (and repetitious firework theme) as a leader in a city which mourns the enforced divorce from institutional Europe and the knock-on effects in arduous travel and study arrangements.
