100 Quotes by Sadiq Khan

Thousands of people's lives improved in this country through human rights laws. Individual people taking on the all-powerful state and winning. You'd think a very Tory thing to do. Sadly not, under Cameron's leadership.

I'm a proud Londoner, a Brit, European, of Pakistani heritage, a Muslim - we all have multiple layers of identity - that's what makes us who we are.

Labour accepts that the European Court of Human Rights needs reform.

I grew up on a council estate in south London; my dad was a bus driver and my mum sewed clothes to bring in extra money. My parents worked hard and were able to save up and buy a home for our family.

Only Labour is in a position to protect individual rights against abuses by the state.

The 19th century was the century of empires, the 20th was the century of nation states, and the 21st is the century of cities and mayors.

You know that running bug people talk about? Well, I've been well and truly bitten.

My morning runs have become one of the only times I have during the week to reflect and take stock.

Legal aid gets a bad press. Some rail against handing taxpayers' money to criminals; others attack fat cat lawyers, while some argue that we spend far more on legal aid than other countries. But let's get some facts straight: saying that legal aid is just about criminals is wrong - most goes to people before any decision is taken on their guilt.