London mayor Sadiq Khan gave a nod to his challenger Depend Binface at his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday.
Mr Khan has began his historic third time period after his election win over the weekend.
“It will be good to take a second to have fun turning into the primary particular person in British political historical past to win successive victories over Depend Binface,” the Labour mayor mentioned.
“Consider me, he made me work onerous for it.”
Depend Binface. Pic: PA
Depend Binface secured 24,260 votes within the London mayoral election, beating Britain First candidate Nick Scanlon, who stormed off the stage on the outcomes ceremony whereas attacking Mr Khan’s report.
Mr Khan mentioned Depend Binface’s victory over the far-right get together was “one more reason to like London”.
Sadiq Khan and his spouse Saadiya. Pic: PA
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Depend Binface’s manifesto included scrapping the controversial video assistant referees from English soccer, banning loud snacks from theatres, and renaming London Bridge to Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
He has beforehand stood in contests together with the Uxbridge by-election following the resignation of Boris Johnson.
Mr Khan acquired 1,088,225 votes (43.8%) to be re-elected as London mayor, a majority of almost 276,000 over Tory candidate Susan Corridor, who secured 812,397 votes (32.7%).
