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Sadiq Khan

The Mayor of London reveals the music that has inspired him throughout his life

Sadiq Khan was born in 1970 in Tooting, south London. He became a solicitor in the early 90’s specializing in Human rights issues, and an MP in 2005. He was first elected as London Mayor in 2016, becoming the third mayor of the city and its first Muslim mayor. In his new book 'Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency' he describes his reaction to being diagnosed with adult-onset asthma.

He reveals the music that was the soundtrack to the mad house he grew up in - and the inspirational song that politicised him.

Inherited: Our House by Madness
Passing on: Pride (In the Name of Love) by U2

Producer: Ben Mitchell

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