Sajid Javid and Samuel Kasumu
(Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA //Emanuel K Miranda)Why hasn’t the Tory party picked a candidate to face Sadiq Khan in next year’s mayoral elections? Last time, eventual loser Shaun Bailey was selected more than 18 months before the planned 2020 vote.
There has been far less noise this time. Big names such as Sajid Javid, right, who is standing down as an MP, have been touted as possible runners, but haven’t shown any interest so far. Former Number 10 advisor Samuel Kasumu, below right, has said he is running. Kasumu recently met members of President Biden’s administration on a US tour.
