Turin, 23 June (LaPresse) – Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, is calling on his country and the Labour Party “to rejoin the EU as soon as possible”. “It is the only way to tackle the cost of living, improve living standards and invest in public services,” he explains in an interview with *La Repubblica*. “Brexit was the greatest act of economic self-harm in our history, caused by the lies of Farage, Johnson and others. The capital’s economy is 30 billion poorer. Londoners have lost an average of 3,500 pounds each,” he states. How did you feel about the results of the Brexit referendum? “That night devastated me. It was one of the most devastating shocks for London since the Nazi Blitz, the terrorist attacks and the 2008 financial crisis. European citizens were terrified. It was hard to convince them not to leave the capital, although unfortunately even today more Europeans are leaving than arriving,” he continues. “I feared for the capital’s economy, for the financial sector, and for many other industries. And then came the pandemic, the consequences of the wars in Ukraine and Iran… it’s been a very difficult decade. But we’ve survived, and London is once again attracting investment, wealth and jobs,” he adds.
United Kingdom, Khan: ‘The only way forward is to rejoin the EU’
Turin, 23 June (LaPresse) – Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, is calling on his country and the Labour Party “to rejoin the EU as soon as possible”. “It is the only way to tackle the cost of living, improve living standards and invest in public services,” he explains in an interview with *La Repubblica*. “Brexit was the greatest act of economic self-harm in our history, caused by the lies of Farage, Johnson and others. The capital’s economy is 30 billion poorer. Londoners have lost an average of 3,500 pounds each,” he states. How did you feel about the results of the Brexit referendum? “That night devastated me. It was one of the most devastating shocks for London since the Nazi Blitz, the terrorist attacks and the 2008 financial crisis. European citizens were terrified. It was hard to convince them not to leave the capital, although unfortunately even today more Europeans are leaving than arriving,” he continues. “I feared for the capital’s economy, for the financial sector, and for many other industries. And then came the pandemic, the consequences of the wars in Ukraine and Iran… it’s been a very difficult decade. But we’ve survived, and London is once again attracting investment, wealth and jobs,” he adds.
