Full transcript: Brian Rose’s Real Deal on London Real
0:00 Brian Rose: “…up inside coffee shop after protesters turn up at launch,” unquote. Honestly, you couldn’t make this stuff up. The one time we’ve seen the mayor go out in public in the last few months, and I haven’t seen him out there, he goes to one business for, I think it was, 15 minutes. Six concerned citizens showed up, and he’s forced to hide inside because he cannot engage with a conversation with six random people out of the nine million voters in London. Isn’t that amazing? The man who wants to be your next mayor can’t even have a conversation with people on the streets. This says a lot to me, and I’m going to talk more about this.
For those of you that haven’t seen the video, I want to show you a short clip of what happened when he actually did come out of the coffee shop, with his armed security people to keep away the voters of London. God forbid that he engage with them as mayor. This is what it looked like, and these are the kind of questions they were asking him. I’m going to play this video for you right now.
Enfield resident: It’s very socially aggressive, and it’s killing people with the air pollution. Sadiq, why won’t you talk to us today? Please talk to us. We’re just a few residents. Sadiq, please talk to us.
Enfield resident (cyclist): Well, it’s just very disappointing. You know, we live in a democracy, and this is really not good enough. He’s come here for our vote, I would have thought, and there’s no engagement with us at all. It was just a photo opportunity, and that was it.
1:35 Brian Rose: What you see there are some frustrated residents from Enfield who decided to show up at the Hot Milk coffee cafe, which I’m sure is an excellent cafe, because they wanted answers on the low traffic neighbourhoods that had been imposed on them in their borough of Enfield.
For a lot of you who may not know what an LTN is, it’s a great scheme the mayor cooked up when he was in his top floor office in the glass City Hall, where he probably came up with this idea as part of his green initiative, probably sent out a press release, and never thought about how it would actually affect the people in the boroughs. This is what they do: he sticks these bollards, basically giant planters, and blocks off certain roads. But these are roads going to the homes of people who live in London. And while it sounds great on paper that this is going to reduce emissions, it actually doesn’t. We’ve seen an increase in emissions, we’ve seen an increase in traffic, we’ve seen businesses shut down on the back of it, we’ve seen ambulances that can’t respond to critical care, and we’ve seen people fined for visiting their relatives.
The reason I know so much about this is because I had a similar conversation in Ealing a couple of weeks ago, and I want to talk to you a little bit about that. But the truth is, there are some very angry people in this city right now. All they want is to be listened to by their mayor, or the man or the woman who’s going to be their mayor. It doesn’t seem much to ask, to listen to some citizens. They are voting for you, by the way. One of the gentlemen in the video, which I’ll play for you in full later, said at the very end, “I assume he came here to get our vote.” Why won’t our mayor listen to our concerns?
And again, the crowd was actually quite well behaved. They weren’t malicious, they weren’t trying to get violent, they weren’t using foul language. They just wanted some answers from their mayor about a scheme that’s actually making their lives very uncomfortable and costing them a lot of money, at a time when we’re in our worst recession in 300 years. I’ll speak on this a bit more, and I want to play you a couple of videos, but first I want to show you something we encountered when a citizen talked to us about low traffic neighbourhoods.
3:39 Before I do that, I want to tell you that we’ve actually been in the mainstream media a lot. This is basically a two-person race at this point. It’s us against Sadiq Khan, and on 6 May you can make the choice of who you want to run this city for the next three years. You’ll see some of the headlines we’ve had recently. This is from the Evening Standard, and it was talking about how small political parties like us are being squeezed out by a lot of these Covid canvassing rules. As I said, when we were stopped by the City of London Police it felt very political, and I feel as if the mayor is trying to box us out of campaigning, because he knows we are a threat to him. We come with the best ideas, we come with an independent voice, and we are so transparent, like I am with you right now, and like I am when I’m travelling to every single borough of London.
Another headline for you, this one from the Express, and this is me commenting again on how the mayor seems to want to stop us from campaigning, to stop me getting you the message. It has a quote from me where I said “it stinks”, and it says “Sadiq Khan attacked after London mayor candidate fined over lockdown breach”. That’s me. Again, this is the mayor trying to stop us from campaigning, but you can see a picture of me out there with our digital battle bus doing it anyway, and we’re taking this bus and continuing to go out there.
4:55 Next, I want to share with you a video of a similar occurrence to what happened with the mayor yesterday, except I did something the mayor didn’t do. I decided to listen. I wanted to hear what was frustrating these people in Ealing, and it was all about low traffic neighbourhoods. I’m going to play you this video shortly, and it’s from a man named Adam. Adam heard I was in the Ealing neighbourhood, and he walked, I think, 30 minutes, because he was so frustrated with these low traffic neighbourhoods and no one had come to listen to their concerns in a year. He walked up to me, and you can see how visibly angry he is.
At first I said, “Adam, I’m not the mayor yet, so I wasn’t responsible for these ridiculous policies.” He said, “I know, Brian. I’m not angry with you, I’m angry with the situation.” And then I sat there and listened, I think for about 45 minutes, and almost every single resident chimed in because they were frustrated. Even though I’m not the mayor yet, my job is to listen, to listen to your frustrations, and to take all that information and try to make better policies. So here is me listening to Adam from Ealing talk about his frustrations with the low traffic neighbourhoods. I think this is the conversation Mayor Sadiq Khan could have had if he had found any value in listening to the people who are going to vote for him. Here’s Adam from Ealing.
Adam (Ealing resident): Absolutely everyone’s [inaudible]. And the government did [inaudible]. There are many people that feel the same as me. We had an ambulance, whilst this scheme was up, and a man had a heart attack inside. It was all over the news. They couldn’t reach him in time because the ambulance didn’t have the key. Ultimately, this isn’t a local council thing. It’s the government. [inaudible] I’m almost trying to hold my temper. [inaudible] The car mechanics have shut down, there’s no getting passengers, and the pharmacy which served the local area, that I could walk to, is shutting. What they do is they stick these barriers, and if anybody makes mistakes [inaudible].
7:18 Brian Rose: First of all, I really want to thank Adam for going out of his way to come over and voice his opinions. He was obviously very frustrated, and you probably couldn’t see the 20 or so residents off camera who also voiced their own issues and concerns, all surrounding low traffic neighbourhoods and the fact that they were never consulted. The mayor made these decisions without actually finding out how much they were hurting people: generating millions of pounds of fines from residents when they can’t afford to pay them, stopping ambulances from travelling in these neighbourhoods, ruining businesses because of the lack of footfall, increasing emissions and increasing traffic. You can see that frustration from Adam, and you can see how I listen to him.
I think what we see here is what I might call the tale of two mayors. You’ve got one who runs and hides, and one who wants to stand there and engage with the voters. I believe the job of mayor is to do two things. It’s to listen and to serve. That’s it. Listen to the citizens and serve the citizens. And you can see our current mayor has two other jobs: to run and to hide. So on 6 May you have a choice of who you want to be your next Mayor of London, someone who listens and serves or someone who runs and hides, and this is what you need to decide.
The rumour over at Labour Party headquarters right now is that Sadiq Khan is no longer allowed to go out in public until 6 May, because it would, quote unquote, jeopardise the election. And so you see me, who will be going out to every single borough in London. I’ll be logging probably another three to five thousand miles on my digital battle bus, coming to see as many people in London as possible. I want to talk to you in a Covid-secure manner, I want to listen to your issues, and I’m going to be out there on the pavement. Versus the current Mayor of London, who is literally being forced to hide in his office because he can’t afford another PR disaster like you saw yesterday, because he can’t step foot on the pavement of London without being yelled at and run after by angry citizens of London.
And this is only one issue, low traffic neighbourhoods. What if he bumped into someone who had an issue with his shocking record on knife crime? What about someone who was frustrated with the congestion charge increase? What about someone who has been waiting for an affordable home for five years? Mr Mayor, where are your affordable homes? And what about someone who is waiting for the economy to be kick-started, waiting for a plan to rebuild the economy? Any number of those people would have acted the same way yesterday. They would have been frustrated, and your mayor would have run and hidden. That’s what his plan is, and that’s probably what his plan is for the next three years if you decide to vote for him on 6 May.
And let’s be clear: on 6 May you have the opportunity to fire Sadiq Khan. That’s your choice. You have the democratic right to vote, and now you know the candidates. You have me, you have Sadiq Khan. You make that choice, but you have to live with it for three years. And again, good luck trying to get an answer for three years. You might be doing a lot of running at that point if you want some accountability.
10:24 So I want to talk today a little bit more about that incident. I also want to talk about the mayor’s announcement yesterday of his big plans to get your vote on 6 May, which is all about jobs, jobs, jobs. I find that pretty fascinating, because that’s his plan to kick-start the economy, and yet this same mayor last week increased your council tax by 10 per cent. That’s his plan to kick-start the economy. In his announcement yesterday he also did not address his horrible record on knife crime, he did not address his complete lack of affordable house building, and he did not address his bankrupting of TfL twice last year. He didn’t even mention those things, and he did not give a way to rebuild London’s economy.
If you look at his history, he has no clue how to kick-start this economy, because he’s never run a business in his life. He’s never made a deal in his life, he’s never had business experience, and that’s why we need a business person in charge if we want to go forward in this city. I have 30 years of experience in industry. I’ve worked in automotive, I’ve worked in aerospace, I’ve worked on Wall Street, I’ve worked in the City of London with some pretty difficult characters. I’ve worked in tough environments where you have to get things done. I’ve worked in new media with my show London Real, I’ve worked in digital education, and I know how to kick-start this economy.
We’re at a fork in the road right now. We can either kick-start London’s economy and be one of the leading cities in the world, or we can have three more years of your current mayor running and hiding, offering no solutions to rebuild this economy, and I see London struggling and continuing to be one of the worst performing cities in Europe and the world. So we have two choices here, and I want to talk about that today.
Thank you for joining us, I appreciate it. Today I want to talk about three sections, and I want to get your answers right now. I want to talk a little bit more about what happened yesterday. I want to talk about Sadiq Khan’s new policies to create jobs, jobs, jobs. And then I want to show you my plan to rebuild London and make London what I’m calling the centre of the world: make London restart safely and faster than any other city in the world, and grab all the market share in industry, business, tourism, finance, creative and culture, and bring it to the city of London. I have a plan, and it’s more than just “when we get out of lockdown”. That’s not enough. The mayor needs to be proactive, with innovative solutions that help business and help create jobs, and I’m going to share those with you today.
12:51 First of all, I want to hear from you, so type in right now wherever you’re watching. We’re live, and I’m going to be reading your questions out. First, tell me if you’re in London, and what borough you live in. If you’re not, tell me what city you live in, and tell me your biggest challenge right now. I want to hear it. I don’t want to run and hide from your questions. Give me hard questions. Ask me a question right now and make it a hard question, because that’s how I learn how I can best serve you.
Secondly, tell me how you have been impacted financially by the pandemic. Tell me honestly: have you lost a job, have you suffered with your business? Third, the mayor just announced a 10 per cent increase in council rates during the worst recession in 300 years. Do you think it’s fair to tax citizens now, and do you think he knows how to kick-start the economy? Fourth, tell me what question you would ask the current Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, if he didn’t run away and hide from you. And finally, do you think we need an independent voice, fresh ideas and new leadership to take London in a new direction?
13:52 So, a little update from London Real world headquarters, and Brian for Mayor headquarters of course. I am Brian Rose, and I plan on being your next Mayor of London on 6 May, and we’re super excited to make that happen. A few updates on the campaign trail. First of all, we are in second place right now according to every single major bookmaker in the world, and the truth is this: I am the only person who can beat Sadiq Khan, and I will beat him on 6 May. He knows it, I know it, and now the voters of London know it as well. We are confident, and we know that we are going to become your next Mayor of London. Yesterday’s performance, the running and the hiding, just goes to show that it’s time for a change, and we believe we are the best candidate to lead this city into the future.
Our volunteer efforts and campaign are going super strong, so I want to thank all the people in my Inner Circle group of volunteers. These are the people behind the scenes who’ll be handing out leaflets, making phone calls and telling all of the nine million plus citizens of London about our policies and our ideas. If you want to be a part of my volunteer campaign, go to brianformayor.london/volunteer. We’ll ask you for some information, we’ll learn more about you, and if we vet you, you can come in and join us on this incredible ride all the way to City Hall.
Next, I want to say that our brand new bus is debuting on 22 March. It’s a brand new look. Most of you have seen the old bus, and it is absolutely incredible to see that thing in person. It’s larger than life. It’s our digital battle bus, and it’s actually not a bus, if I’m honest with you. It’s a live broadcasting studio that’s mobile, and I can go through every single one of the 32 boroughs in London. Everyone loves the bus, and I’ve logged nearly 3,000 miles on it in London. I could have gone from here to Scotland, to Wales and back to Scotland. I’ve logged that many miles in this city because it’s important for me to understand the struggles of the people on the streets. And by the way, I’ve been driving that bus forward. I haven’t been running and hiding with my bus, and that’s what makes the difference between me and your current mayor. The new wrap is happening on the 22nd. It’s a new look, and you’re going to love it.
16:06 Next, order your Brian for Mayor stickers. You can order free stickers right now by going to our website, brianformayor.london/stickers. These are incredible pieces of graphic work that you can stick anywhere you want. Just make sure it’s an appropriate place. Order those now. I want to send them to you so you can share them with your friends, your family and your community. Put them in your windows to show how you feel about the next mayor of London.
Next, I want you to lock in your postal vote right now. We did a survey recently, and it turns out that 70 per cent of Londoners would prefer to vote by post. Maybe it’s convenience, maybe it’s the comfort of your own home, maybe it’s for safety reasons. I am here to serve as usual, so we’ve set up an entire system to help you vote by post. If you go to brianformayor.london/postal, you can put in your name and address and we will email you a form that you can print out at home. All you have to do is sign your name, add your date of birth and mail it to your council, and your vote for Brian for Mayor is locked in. You can send that to your friends as well. Or, if you want, we’ll send you the form by post along with an envelope that you can just send off to your council. Again, you’ve got to sign it and put in your date of birth. Lock your vote in right now.
A couple of other things happening. You can always win prizes, and that means T-shirts, coffee mugs, all the Brian for Mayor swag that everybody wants. All you have to do is use the hashtag #BrianForMayor and post this video, or repost it on your social media, or post a picture of the bus if you see it out there. You can also go to our website, brianformayor.london/share, and download any of our videos and pictures. If you do that, you qualify to win prizes every single week.
The last thing I want to tell you before I jump into this week’s episode is that our outdoor digital campaign is launching, so keep your eyes out. You’re going to see me larger than life on some of your favourite digital displays all over London. We’re going big. Last week and this week we are dropping one million leaflets throughout the city of London. You heard me right, one million leaflets. That’s the largest private mail drop in British political history. We’re breaking all the records, and we did this to tell the mayor that you can’t intimidate us. You can send your police officers out here, but we are not going to stop campaigning. We wanted to make a statement and send those million leaflets out so people know that we’re here.
I got an Instagram post from my good friend Danny Jones the other day, a former guest on London Real and a member of McFly and also McBusted, and he posted, “I just got this through my letterbox.” So thank you, Danny, I appreciate that. If you get yours through your letterbox, take a picture of it, use #BrianForMayor, and tag me on Instagram, Facebook or YouTube. I’d love to see what’s going on out there. In addition to that, we’re going out with a digital campaign, so you’re going to see my face and my picture. Take pictures of that, share it on social, and I want to send you some prizes as well.
We’re enjoying this entire experience. We’ve got nine weeks left, and let’s be clear, we are going to have to fight for this. The Labour Party has a machine. They’ve got a candidate who’s been in office for five years, somehow, I have no idea why, and they’re going to fight to try to squash the independent voice, the little guy. I’m going to need all of your help to push this message forward, so please share this video right now, tell your friends and family about it, volunteer for the Brian for Mayor campaign, and get your postal vote in now, because every vote is going to count on 6 May. This is going to be a close one, but I’m confident that we can win.
19:54 So let’s go back. I just want to finish off with what happened yesterday, because I think it’s really important. I think it shows character. I think we saw a small sliver, a small peek behind the mask of Sadiq Khan yesterday. We saw what this man is all about. When the chips were down, when this man could have stood out and answered the concerns of his fellow Londoners, the people he claims to care so much about, the very people who are going to vote for him on 6 May, or not, he decided instead to run and hide. He hid in a coffee shop while he called his security, because he couldn’t deal with six very pleasant, very calm, very nice people who just wanted to ask him questions about the low traffic neighbourhood. Again, there was nothing dangerous about this scene.
I want to play the video so you can see why he waited an hour inside a coffee shop, locked up, which last time I checked is against the Covid restrictions, right? You’re not allowed to be in a coffee shop, are you? We’ll get back to that one, Mr Mayor. Meanwhile, police are sent to stop me when I’m walking down the street with a Covid-secure bus, but we’ll get to that one later. You’re locked in a coffee shop for an hour while your security services are called, and then you can’t stand there and talk to five or six citizens and answer their questions.
So I want to play this full video again. If you don’t know what happened, this happened yesterday at the Hot Milk coffee shop. He had gone there for a photo opportunity, and that’s pretty much the only reason you’ll see the mayor in public, and apparently not any more. He wants to take a picture with you and then run back to his office at the top of City Hall and not engage with Londoners, because it’s too dangerous to do that. I wouldn’t do it if I was him either. So he went out for a photo op, and it obviously went wrong. He didn’t think that within 15 minutes he would be surrounded by angry Londoners, but he was. In my opinion, you see some pretty reasonable people asking him reasonable questions, and he walks away. He doesn’t turn around once. He doesn’t engage. This is the full video that was posted on Twitter yesterday. We posted it on our channel as well, and it’s going viral because people really get to see what the mayor is all about. Here is the full video from yesterday.
Enfield resident: It’s very socially aggressive, and it’s killing people with the air pollution. Sadiq, why won’t you talk to us today? Please talk to us. We’re just a few residents. Sadiq, please talk to us. Sadiq, Sadiq, can we not talk while we walk? Sadiq, please talk to us.
So this LTN is causing so much bad air around the area. It’s socially aggressive. You’re forcing people [inaudible], where you’re building 20-storey towers housing some of the most vulnerable people in the borough.
Person filming: Okay, that’s it, is it? So this is the Mayor of London. He’s just got a photo op. There’s no engagement at all with residents wanting to express some problems in the area, and he’s just driven off. No engagement. Okay, thank you. What do you think of that?
Enfield resident (cyclist): Well, it’s just very disappointing. You know, we live in a democracy, and this is really not good enough. He’s come here for our vote, I would have thought, and there’s no engagement with us at all. It was just a photo opportunity, and that was it.
Person filming: Yeah, you would have thought.
Enfield resident (cyclist): It was just a photo opportunity, sadly.
Person filming: Okay, thank you. Thank you very much.
24:10 Brian Rose: Absolutely shocking behaviour from the current Mayor of London, the fact that he would just ignore people. You saw that part at the end, where I think there was a reporter there who asked, “How do you feel about that?” And the gentleman on the bicycle, who we’re trying to get in touch with right now because I want to speak to him, said he wouldn’t even talk to us, he wouldn’t even listen to our concerns, it’s frustrating. He said, “I assume he was here to get our vote,” but apparently he’s just here for a photo op. It’s something we’ve heard so many times before from Sadiq Khan. He comes out, gets the photo op, puts out the press release and then hides from the voters, hides from the citizens. I honestly think he doesn’t even care, and I think we kind of saw that in that video.
So I just want to reach out to the people of Enfield who went over there: please send me your concerns about your low traffic neighbourhoods. I know the frustrations, because a similar group of people, who were actually much angrier, approached me when I was in Ealing just a few weeks ago and voiced their concerns about these low traffic neighbourhoods. And again, if you don’t know, this is a scheme that was cooked up by the mayor and pushed through during the pandemic. The High Court later ruled that it was illegal. He dropped these bollards and shut people’s roads off, and that has killed businesses, stopped ambulances from getting through, kept people from visiting their family, got people fined for visiting their family, increased emissions and increased traffic, all without any consultation with local residents. It’s a frustrating thing, but it’s an example of how out of touch the mayor is with the citizens and how much he actually doesn’t care about the citizens.
25:47 So I want to show you a contrasting video, and this is me speaking with Adam. I was in Ealing doing a food drop at St John’s, giving them some food so they could distribute it to people there, and I was just getting back on the bus when Adam started shouting at me from across the street. I thought, who’s shouting? I want to hear what’s going on. I went outside, and he started expressing his frustration. Like I said, right before this video I said, “Adam, I’m not the mayor yet. I didn’t make these poor decisions.” He said, “I know, Brian, I’m just so frustrated, because no one’s listening to us. The mayor makes these decisions, it’s costing people money, I can’t see my family, it’s ruining our businesses, and they’re generating millions of pounds of fines off our backs in the greatest recession in 300 years.” He’s so frustrated, and every single person on the pavement was nodding their head the same way. This is the way Londoners feel, and yet they’re not being listened to, and I understand why you’re frustrated. So let me play this video. This is me listening to Adam about his frustrations with the Mayor of London and with low traffic neighbourhoods.
Adam (Ealing resident): Absolutely everyone’s [inaudible]. And the government did that scheme. They paid the money to Ealing Council to implement it. There are many people that feel the same as me. We had an ambulance, whilst this scheme was up, and a man had a heart attack inside. It was all over the news. They couldn’t reach him in time because the ambulance didn’t have the key. Ultimately, this isn’t a local council thing. It’s the government. [inaudible]
27:55 Brian Rose: First, I just want to thank Adam again for making that trip. He had to walk way out of his way to speak to someone who wasn’t elected yet, but he was so frustrated that he felt it was the only chance his voice would ever be heard. That’s because he’s just not being listened to, and he’s especially not being listened to by the Mayor of London. Like I said, Adam, I don’t think you’re going to have any chance to speak to the mayor and voice your concerns, because the rumour over at the Labour Party is that he is no longer allowed any more public appearances until 6 May, because it would, quote unquote, jeopardise the election.
So again, what we see here is the tale of two mayors. One who is willing to go out and engage with the public, willing to get on a battle bus and drive thousands of miles to every single borough in the city, willing to take your questions right now, live, read them out on screen, engage with the citizens, listen to you and serve you. And we have the tale of the second mayor. When confronted with one of his citizens, one of his voters, one of his fellow Londoners, which he claims to care so much about, what does he do? He runs and he hides. And now he’s being kept away from the public by his own party because they know it would ruin his chances of re-election. If that doesn’t tell you the story, I don’t know what else will.
Please share these thoughts and messages with your social followings. We’ve got to let people know the two choices they have on 6 May. The beautiful thing is that as a voter you can fire Sadiq Khan on 6 May. You have that choice. All you have to do is go to the polls, or you can do your postal vote right now, lock that vote in and make it happen. So again, thank you very much. I’m reaching out to those people from Enfield to see if I can have those conversations with them. I’d actually like to invite the gentleman on the bike to come here to my world headquarters and speak with me right here in the studio about his frustrations.
And right now I want to hear from you. I want your questions, so ask me a question right now, and ask me a hard question, please, on whatever platform you’re on. Also tell me the biggest challenge you’re facing, and what borough or city you’re in. Next, tell me how you have been impacted financially by this pandemic. Next, we’ve just seen the mayor announce a 10 per cent rise in council tax during the worst recession in 300 years. Do you think it’s fair to tax citizens right now, and do you think Sadiq Khan knows how to kick-start this economy? Be honest with me. Fourth, what question would you like to ask Sadiq Khan, assuming he didn’t run and hide? Put that question in right now and I’ll read it out. And finally, do you think we need new ideas, an independent voice and new leadership to take London in a new direction?
30:37 These questions are coming in, and I really appreciate it. Whatever network you’re on right now, type them in. We’ve got them coming in from everywhere: Instagram, YouTube, everything. I’ve got a great question from Nabeel in Ealing, on our website. He says, quote, “I have been in the private hire business for over 20 years. What are you going to do, if anything, to support us? In the last five years, Mayor Khan has increased every fee we are charged, including the congestion charge, and road closures as a consequence of the low traffic neighbourhoods. I look forward to your response,” unquote.
Nabeel, I appreciate you so much. You just saw the clip with Adam, one of your neighbours in Ealing, who is as frustrated as you are, it sounds, about these low traffic neighbourhoods. The problem with Sadiq Khan is that he’s never run a business in his life. He’s a career politician who wants to use this role for his next job in politics. He doesn’t understand business, and I would go so far as to say he doesn’t even like business. He doesn’t understand that London was built on business, and when we strengthen our economy we will strengthen all things. So why would you expect a man with no experience to do the job of rebuilding London’s economy at its worst point since the Second World War? I wouldn’t. I think we’re asking too much of this man. I think it’s time to say, “Mr Mayor, it’s time for you to take a break and pass the controls over to someone who knows what they’re doing when it comes to the business world.” I have a plan to actively rebuild London’s economy so that I believe we can be the centre of the world, the city that rebuilds the safest and the fastest, and I’m going to share that with you today. So thank you, Nabeel. I can feel your frustration, and I really understand how frustrated you are.
I’ve also got Siam in Hounslow, who asked via the website, “Are you coming back to the Hounslow area again?” Yes, we are coming back there. I was out there recently with my good friend Muhammad doing a food drop, and I appreciate the people in Hounslow. Hounslow is an interesting borough because it has a lot of direct revenue coming from Heathrow, and we are seeing it in a very terrible state economically because Heathrow has effectively been closed. Again, we don’t see a plan by the mayor to kick-start business here in London, so why would we expect air traffic to increase? This is all part of my plan to rebuild London, and it’s going to affect Hounslow directly. So, Siam, I appreciate that question. You can always leave me a question on our website, brianformayor.london.
33:12 Now let me jump over to social, because there are literally a couple of hundred comments here. I’m going to get through a few of them, and I appreciate all of you. Agent 1736 on Instagram says, “I’m going to vote for you, Brian, definitely.” Thank you so much. GreenLife in Dublin says, “Hello from Dublin, Ireland. Best of luck becoming mayor. If you win, it gives me hope.” I appreciate you. We’ve got supporters all around the world, and that’s so important.
Love on Instagram says, “Brian, what would your budget look like compared to the Chancellor’s?” That’s a great question. One of the things I would do immediately is introduce a business rates holiday and a congestion charge holiday post lockdown, so from around 17 May all the way until the end of 2021. That means rates drop to zero and the congestion charge goes down to zero, in order to kick-start this economy. I understand economics. I studied economics at MIT with some of the great professors there, and the first lesson I learned is that you don’t tax an economy when you’re trying to strengthen and rebuild it. Period. And what does the mayor do? He’s raised your council tax, he’s raised your congestion charge, he’s extended your congestion charge and he’s extended the ULEZ zone. It’s as if he wants to sabotage our economy.
I would do the opposite. I understand business, but I would do more than that. I would innovate and find safe ways to get all of London’s businesses, from hospitality to tourism to the arts to the City of London and finance, where I used to work, back to work safely and as quickly as possible. I’m talking about people in office buildings. We need solutions now to get people back into London. I do not believe that working from home is a viable long-term solution if we want London to be one of the greatest cities in the world. That’s why I want solutions. I don’t want to use fear as a weapon, which is all the current mayor has done over the past year. You know it and I know it.
A couple more questions coming in. I appreciate these hard questions, keep them coming. Jacon on Instagram says, “I saw your bus drive past last week.” Sweet, thank you. Take a picture of that, use #BrianForMayor, and we’re going to send you a bunch of prizes. Jacob on Instagram says, “Brian better win, I want to visit London sometime.” Thank you, I appreciate it. Veli Cooper on YouTube says, “Good luck, Brian for Mayor.” Alex Bartnick on YouTube says, quote, “Sadiq has become very good at running and hiding recently.” You are so right there. Maybe it’s helping his fitness, I’m not sure, but he’s very good at running. Kev Hurley on YouTube says, “Sadiq equals won’t listen and won’t serve.” I think you said it right there, Kev. He doesn’t want to listen and serve. He wants to run and he wants to hide.
Immortology on Instagram says, “Yes, affordable homes, I’m in on that.” I’ve shared my detailed plan on affordable housing, and I’ll be talking more about that in the coming weeks. Yossi on YouTube says, “You’re going to win hands down.” Thank you, Yossi. We clearly see that we are the best candidate. Now it’s about getting the message out there and making sure people vote. I’m going to need your help, Yossi, I’m going to need your help, Kev, I’m going to need your help, Alex. Anybody watching, please share this video now, share our stuff on your social platforms, and join us as a volunteer. It’s going to be a fun ride and a very important ride. This is a crucial fork in the road for London. We can go one way, to prosperity, or we can go the other way, and I don’t even want to think about what that looks like, but it’s desolation, desperation and austerity. It’s not the way forward.
A couple more questions. Steve Marsh on Instagram says, “You deserve to win, and you’re way more than just a candidate.” Thank you, Steven, I appreciate you. Baz on Instagram says, “Why aren’t you on the news or TV?” Baz, we were on RT a couple of weeks ago out on the battle bus, and we have been featured in the Evening Standard. I really shouldn’t talk about this, but I’m going to say it, just between you and me, Baz: we have a major feature coming out in the Sunday edition of one of the biggest papers here in the UK, and it’s coming out soon. It might be this Sunday, so you might want to go out and buy your papers. It’s a big article that really goes into depth about us as a candidate, and it shows you that even the mainstream media now knows we are the candidate to beat Khan on 6 May. We’re super excited about that.
A couple more questions, and then I want to get into where we’re at with the economy and my solutions on how we can rebuild. Joel Jr UK on Instagram says, “We want the economy to open now.” Joel, I agree with you and I feel you. Gihon Oates on YouTube says, “Khan is mad, increasing tax on working people.” Gihon, that’s exactly what he’s doing, and that’s why Adam was so frustrated. He’s increasing these taxes, which actually penalise working people and low-income families worse than higher-income families. It’s basically bordering on criminal, the way Khan is acting right now. Mayo Brothers on Instagram says, “Go Brian, #BrianForMayor.” Thank you. Mr Gome on Instagram says, “I have the impression that Brian would actually govern London, because we have no government representing Londoners right now. Why does Khan dislike Londoners?” What a great question. I don’t know, but he clearly doesn’t like Londoners.
Lastly, IC on Instagram says, “How can I get involved in your campaign personally? I tried to apply through your website.” It’s a great question. If you go to brianformayor.london/volunteer and give us your name, your email address and your postal address, we’re going to send you an email, and we’re going to want to know a little bit more about you. If you prove to us that you have the right intentions and you really want to help, we’re going to bring you into our group of Inner Circle volunteers. I do live calls every Wednesday at 6pm, and we’ll bring you in and you can help us get to the next level. So again, keep those questions coming in.
38:34 Next, I want to talk about Sadiq Khan and his pledge yesterday on how he plans to get your vote on 6 May. This was his big announcement of his plans to lead London through our worst recession in 300 years, and he said it was all about jobs, jobs, jobs. Honestly, I burst out laughing when I heard Sadiq Khan talk about jobs, jobs, jobs, because this is a man who has done nothing to help business, nothing to help the workers of London and nothing to help entrepreneurs in the past year, when we have struggled here and looked for solutions and innovations. All this man does is lock things down, blame Boris Johnson and ask for billions and billions of pounds in bailouts. So for me it was yet another example of his duplicity, to come out yesterday and say jobs are now important to him, when this is the guy who has been ruining businesses left and right with his behaviour as mayor for the past year.
39:38 Let’s look at the bigger picture first, because the UK is facing the worst economic crisis in recent memory. Here’s a graph where you can see that UK borrowing is now at its highest rate since the Second World War. Look at that graph. We are in a dire situation right now, and let’s be honest with ourselves, the country is now facing its worst economic crisis in living memory. It’s getting very, very bad. Total spending on the country’s pandemic support has now reached 344 billion pounds, jobless totals are reaching frightening levels, and UK unemployment has hit a five-year high of 5.1 per cent.
But that doesn’t tell the real story. The real story is what’s going on in London, because London’s numbers are much, much worse. You can see this article that was featured on OnLondon recently, and it confirms what I’m saying here. It says London’s unemployment rate is the UK’s highest. When you actually drill into those numbers, they’re even more shocking. Unemployment in the UK is currently 5.1 per cent, but the rate in London recently reached 6.5 per cent. That’s significantly higher. And if you drill down even further, you find this shocking stat: 885,000 Londoners, close to 10 per cent of the capital’s population, currently rely on government support just to survive. Those people aren’t even included in the jobless rate right now, so if you stack that on top of the six and a half per cent, you can see the dire situation we’re in. Here’s another headline, this one from City AM, and it tells you the truth: London’s unemployment rate is the largest seen in a generation. This is a very dire time in our economic situation.
The London Assembly’s Economy Committee chair, Leonie Cooper, said it very well recently, and I’ll quote: “Today’s figures showing current unemployment levels in London are shocking.” And that’s true. She goes on to say, “Thousands of Londoners are now unemployed. We must always remember the people and families behind these numbers. Each and every one faces struggle. As the leader of London, the mayor must work with government on behalf of Londoners to develop a plan to support those who are suffering financially due to the pandemic.” And he is clearly not doing that, the Labour mayor. His only solution now is his recent announcement of jobs, jobs, jobs. And yet look at the headline you can see on screen right now, recently from the Evening Standard: “Sadiq Khan reveals his biggest ever hike in tax share.” That’s a 10 per cent increase in council rates.
42:37 If we look at the Labour mayor’s history, he has no solutions to these problems, and if we look at what he’s done over the past couple of years, it’s not much when it comes to creating jobs. I think it was a couple of years ago that he created something called the Workforce Integration Network design labs. This was one of his job schemes, and it created a total of zero new jobs. Instead of saying jobs, jobs, jobs, I think the mayor probably should have come out and said, “My plan is committees, committees, committees,” because that’s what he seems to have done over his five years when it comes to trying to kick-start this economy. But I see it more as him saying lies, lies, lies, because that’s all we see when it comes to his record on economics, his record on crime, his record on building houses and his record on transport. We see a mayor who is incapable of kick-starting the economy of this city.
And again, why would we expect a man who’s never run a business in his life, who spent 18 years as a civil servant, whose plan is to get another job in politics, who has never made a business deal in his life and has probably never been to a board meeting, to understand business? I don’t think he fundamentally understands business. I don’t think he even likes business. Why would we expect this man to be in charge of rebuilding London’s economy at its worst phase since the Second World War? What we need is a business person in charge. We need someone with industry experience. I have that: 30 years of industry experience, like I said, in automotive, aerospace, Wall Street and the City of London. I know how to be proactive when it comes to business, and I’m going to share with you my ideas about how we can rebuild London safely and quickly and make London what I’m calling the centre of the world. I think this year could potentially be one of our greatest years ever, as we show the rest of Europe that we are the preferred destination for business, for travel, for everything. I want to share that with you now.
44:36 Now I want to hear from you, and I want you to ask me some questions. First of all, tell me what borough you live in, or what city you’re in around the world, and tell me what question you would like to ask me. I’m not going to run and hide. Ask me hard questions right now, I want to hear them. Tell me how you have been impacted financially by the pandemic. Third, the mayor just announced a 10 per cent increase in council rates during the worst recession in 300 years. Do you think it’s fair to tax citizens right now, and do you think he is capable of kick-starting London’s economy, when we need someone at the helm who knows what they’re doing? Fourth, what question would you like to ask the mayor, assuming he didn’t just run and hide when you approached him? And finally, tell me: do you think we need an independent voice, fresh ideas and new leadership to take London in a new direction? Leave me your comments. I’m reading them from all of our platforms. We’re on Facebook, we’re on YouTube, we’re live, and these are piling in from everywhere. This is absolutely incredible.
Let me first go to our website. I’ve got Zafiro from Greenwich, who asks, quote, “How would you know if you are getting a fair election? This is important for the people to choose who they want to elect for London mayor. It seems to me that Sadiq Khan is making catastrophic decisions without the people’s consent and seems to think that we the people will be okay about that.” It’s a great question, Zafiro, and I appreciate you.
Let’s be honest: the mayor has been unelected for the past year. Think about that. We think we’re living in a democracy. We didn’t elect him for 2020 to 2021. He postponed the election, so every decision he made up until now has actually not been authorised by the voters. And what happens when an independent candidate like me is out there campaigning in a Covid-safe way, following the letter of the law? […] We got right back out on the road, we kept campaigning and logged nearly 3,000 miles on our battle bus, because we believe that free and fair elections must take place on 6 May. If you want to ensure that this will happen, lock in your postal vote right now. Go to brianformayor.london/postal and put in your name and address. I will email you a form you can print out and send in to your local council, or I’ll send it to you by post. All you have to do is sign it, add your date of birth and send it to your council, and lock in your vote for Brian for Mayor now. Don’t wait. It’ll help us make sure free and fair elections take place, and make sure we can take London in a new direction on 6 May. So I appreciate your comment there, Zafiro.
47:13 Let me go to some of these comments on YouTube and Instagram. There are literally hundreds of comments here, so I really appreciate all of this. The Natural Mystic on Instagram says, “Let’s go, Brian Rose. London is calling.” Thank you, sir. London surely is calling, and I believe they’re calling for Brian for Mayor. Jay Houston on Instagram says, quote, “Can you imagine a country run by someone who is educated in science, banking and spirituality? Wow, if only we could have such leaders as Brian.” Thank you, I appreciate you, and you’re right, that is my background. I’ve studied economics, I’ve studied engineering, I’ve studied business and finance, and I’ve had some of the most incredible mentors in the world here in this studio. I’ve broadcast over a thousand of these conversations, and yes, I do understand science, I understand business, I understand health and wellbeing, and I plan on talking a lot about those things.
Adam Platts on YouTube says, “I’m a cyclist and not in favour of the low traffic neighbourhoods. Do you have any further plans in other parts of the country politically, i.e. starting a national party or supporting mayors in other cities?” Adam, great question. More on that soon, about our party and about our ideas being used by other cities throughout the UK and throughout the world. Honestly, Adam, right now the world is watching. Everyone wants to see what London is going to do next. Is Brian Rose going to become the next mayor? How can he rebuild the economy? How can he get nine million people all working together to create the greatest comeback story the world has ever seen? That’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to make London the centre of the world. We’re going to draw in all the business in finance, all the business in media, all the business in technology. We’re going to bring tourists back, we’re going to bring culture back, and we’re going to be the model for every city in the world, including Manchester, Liverpool and all of our brothers and sisters throughout Britain, but also for cities like New York, São Paulo, Tokyo, Madrid and Frankfurt. All of these places are going to look to London and the example we’re going to create. I’m excited, but I’m going to need your help to make that happen. On 6 May we need your vote, and we need a new voice. So thank you, it’s a great comment.
49:21 Mike Peters on Instagram says, “With knife crime at higher levels than ever before, how will you tackle the issue and ensure that London communities are safe?” Mike, it’s a great question, and again, I’m not going to run and hide from your question. Let me answer it right now. Knife crime is at nightmare proportions. We’ve seen a year-on-year rise in all crime, but more so violent crime, for every year Sadiq Khan has been in office. I recently posted a graph. I think when he came into office there were something like 713,000 crimes per year, and that’s gone up to over 900,000 per year on his watch. That’s an increase of 28.5 per cent. And yet yesterday he came out and said, “I’m the mayor that’s tough on crime.” How can you say that with a straight face? He couldn’t say that on the streets of London, or he would have to run and hide again.
I have a solution to knife crime. First of all, I’m going to address that it’s a problem and take ownership of that problem, two things the mayor has never done. Second, I’ve spoken to high-level people inside the Metropolitan Police about solutions, and they are quite simple. First of all, we need more police, we need better trained police, and we need to digitise the police. They’ve all agreed with me and said, “Brian, we want to do this, and we believe you’re the man to do it.” But it goes further, because those same officers have said, “Brian, we also can’t simply police our way out of the knife crime problem.” What they meant is that we need to support the communities.
That’s why I have a plan, which I’ll be announcing shortly, to raise 100 million pounds from corporate donors to invest in 250 community centres across every one of the 32 boroughs in London. You might say, “Brian, why is a corporation going to invest in a community centre?” First of all, this is a win-win for everyone. I’m going to pick up the phone and get on to the CEOs of corporations like Amazon, Uber, Microsoft, Google, Barclays and HSBC, and I’m going to say, “This is a win-win situation for you and the community centres. It’s time to give back, and it’s a great chance to show how much you care about these communities.”
And guess what, this has been done before. Jamal Edwards MBE, an incredible young man, grew up in Acton without a lot of opportunities, but thanks to a community centre he was able to build SBTV, his incredible digital hip-hop network and empire that features grime artists. He’s been a guest on my show, and I’m working with Jamal to do what he’s done, which is raise hundreds of thousands from companies like Google and the Wellcome Trust to pump into community centres. He’s done it with Friary Park, one of the community centres in Acton, and we’re going to do the same thing with 250 more community centres here in London. We’re going to give these teenagers things to do between 3.30pm and 8.30pm. That’s when the problems happen, between leaving school and mum coming home. We need to give these young people something to do besides getting involved in crime. We’re going to empower these communities to teach entrepreneurship, cooking, wellness, fitness, everything, and we’re going to do it through corporate funds, so I’m not going to raise your taxes. I’ve done deals like this before with CEOs of corporations, and we’re going to do it again. That is my solution to knife crime. I’ve spoken to members of the Metropolitan Police, and they think it’s an incredible idea, and we’re even going to have some funds to invest back into the police force. So thank you, it’s a great question.
52:46 Let me get a couple more here. Villa Villa Villa on Instagram says, “I am 31 years old and I’ve never voted. Brian, you will get my first ever vote. #BrianForMayor.” Thank you so much, sir, I appreciate that. Again, go right now to brianformayor.london/postal and lock that vote in. Seriously, do it right now. If you are not registered to vote, go to votefirst.london. You can register in five minutes, and let’s make this happen on 6 May. Thank you very much.
Lucas on Instagram says, “Brian, what do you feel gives you an edge over any other candidate?” Honestly, it’s the transparency. It’s the fact that I’m willing to have these discussions with you right now. It’s the fact that I don’t run and I don’t hide when one of the citizens of London approaches me and tells me their problems and concerns. And I’ll be honest with you, it wasn’t very pleasant being on the other side of Adam in Ealing when he was so angry. It was an uncomfortable experience, and I could easily have run and hidden and got back on my bus. But I was in the moment, and I thought, you know what, this is why being the Mayor of London is a challenging job, because it’s my job to listen. It’s my job to hear the anger and frustration of every single citizen and then do something about it. So I sat there and listened to him. Even though I wasn’t the cause of his frustration, I could be the solution to it, and on 6 May I plan on being the solution.
That’s what makes me different from anybody else. I’m willing to listen, I’m willing to engage with anyone on the streets, I’m willing to engage with you digitally, and I’m willing to be honest and transparent. In addition to that, we’ve got the best ideas out there, because I’ve taken ideas from both sides of the aisle, whether they come from Labour, the Conservatives or the Lib Dems. The best idea wins, and that’s why people from all parties are helping me behind the scenes to move policies forward.
Let me take a couple more questions, and then I want to get back to my final piece. Joe Simmond on Instagram says, “Brian, I hope you keep making these streams when you win.” Yes, I will. We’re going to keep streaming from City Hall, we’re going to keep it real, and we’re going to keep engaging with you. That’s the only way we can do this, and we’re going to do this together. This is not Brian’s job, this is all of our job as Londoners, to take London to the next level, and it’s not going to be easy. It’s going to require sacrifices and hard work from all of us. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. But I believe when we put all of our minds together and we sacrifice, we can make London the best city in the world. I’m confident we can do that. Palsy on YouTube says, “Brian for Mayor is a no-brainer.” Thank you. And Sir from Protect on Instagram says, “I will move back to the UK just to vote for you. Greetings and good luck from Germany.” Thank you, sir, I appreciate that.
55:19 Let me finish with my final points, and my final point is this: I know how to rebuild London, and the reason I know how is because I have 30 years of experience in business. We’ve recently seen our Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, give us a few dates. The last time I checked, it’s 8 March when schools are going back. My daughter’s going back to school on Monday. He’s given us a date of 12 April when I can go back to the gym, thank you for that. He’s given us 17 May when hospitality venues can open, and a couple of dates after that when other things can open. That’s not how we rebuild the economy. Those are some dates when people can get back to work. Let me be very clear, these are two different things. One is some dates when you can get back to work. The other is a person in charge who has a proactive view of how we can rebuild our economy from its worst levels in over 300 years.
To do that we need a business person in charge. We need someone who can innovate, someone who likes business, understands business and can work with business. I’m talking about someone like me, who can empower our hospitality sector to get back to work safely and quickly. I’m talking about someone like me who can get our theatres back. I know John Graham from the Theatres Trust. I want to empower you, John, to get our culture back right away, because that’s going to bring people back into the city who are going to support our hospitality venues. I want to encourage people like the Big Bus Company, who I had on my show here, and empower them to get tourists back on open-air buses safely in this city. I want to empower people in finance to get their workers back in their offices safely. I want to empower innovation in the technology sector. I want to pull people back into London. But to do this we need a mayor who is going to be proactive, and we need someone who can tell the world that London is open for business, and that’s going to take a very special type of person.
If we get this right, London will be what I’m calling, quote unquote, the centre of the world. That means it will lead Europe as a centre of excellence, and I think we’re going to be primed to become a key force in the world post Covid. I think this is the greatest opportunity we’ve ever had as a city. I know that’s hard to believe. We’re coming off a very difficult year. I know a lot of people are stressed, a lot of people don’t have jobs, and a lot of people are struggling with their savings. But I believe that if we’re proactive here, with the right mayor in charge who is pro-business, we can kick-start this economy and honestly take London in a new direction. We’re at a fork in the road. That’s one option, Brian for Mayor. The second option is three more years of Sadiq Khan, three more years of a man who runs and hides. That is your option on 6 May.
And if we get this wrong, I think we’re looking at some of the toughest austerity measures this city has ever seen under that mayor. I see tax rises, even more than what we’ve already seen, and he’s already shown his cards: a 10 per cent increase in council tax, an increase in the congestion charge, an extension of the congestion charge, an extension of the ULEZ zone and LTN charges, all hurting workers and all hurting low-income families. This is your choice right now, Londoners. You can get prosperity or austerity. That’s your choice, and it all comes down to who you vote for on 6 May.
And again, let me be clear: we cannot tax our way out of this problem. That’s what the current mayor is trying to sell you. We need to be proactive. We need to support people, specifically in places like hospitality and culture, and that’s why I propose that post lockdown, which should be around the middle or the end of May, we have a congestion charge holiday, with the congestion charge down to zero until the end of 2021. I also want a business rates holiday, down to zero until the end of 2021. This will increase footfall and traffic flow into the centre of London and get as many people into this city as possible to rebuild our businesses, which are hanging by a thread as we speak. This is a pro-business move. If we do this right, we will have plenty of tax revenues later, because we have kick-started business. But one thing you can’t do, as my grandma used to say, is squeeze blood from a turnip. If there is no economy, how can you tax it? How can you tax nothing? And that’s what the mayor is trying to do. He’s trying to impose taxes that are actually going to kill off any chances of recovery.
59:40 So that’s my plan to get London back to work. I think everybody who has spent any time listening to me understands that I have the solution here, to be proactive. I know how we can get London back to work, and I’ve got the way to move forward and take London in a new direction. We cannot do this alone. I’m going to need your help, and I’m going to need everyone watching and listening right now to share this video. I need you to share the video of the mayor running and hiding from citizens of London trying to ask a simple question like, “Why did you put this here? It’s really making our lives difficult.” I’m going to need your help as a volunteer at brianformayor.london/volunteer. I need you to do your postal vote right now. Lock that postal vote in and tell the world that it’s time for a new direction. It’s time for fresh ideas, and that’s the way we’re planning on moving forward.
I am going to be out there in the streets. I’m going to be speaking in a Covid-secure way in as many places as possible. I’m going to be out on that bus going through every single borough in this town. I want to engage with as many of the nine million citizens of London as possible, and I promise you one thing right now: I will not run and I will not hide. I will listen to you and I will serve. This is a new form of leadership, a new way of acting as the Mayor of London. I’m going to be transparent with you. I’m going to have my digital networks open to you at all times. You can ask questions and you can voice your concerns. The best ideas are going to win. I’m going to build the best London possible, and it’s not according to a political party’s agenda. It doesn’t have anything to do with corporate donations to these parties, and it doesn’t have to do with my political career.
I love London. I love this city, and that’s why I’m taking a pause on my personal life and my business life right now to become the next Mayor of London. Not because I want this job, but because I’m the only person capable of doing this job, and that makes me feel compelled and drawn to do this, because I want to take a long-term view of London, a 30-year view. What’s the best thing we can do? I think we can run TfL at a profit. I think we can build affordable housing. I’m going to build 50,000 affordable homes by Christmas of this year. That’s four times the number of homes the current mayor has built in five years, and I will build them in five months. I have a solution for knife crime: more police, better trained police, digitised police. But it doesn’t stop there. We have to fund community centres, with 100 million pounds coming from corporate donors and 250 community centres rebuilt or built to give our young people options on the streets. And finally, we’re going to stop these low traffic neighbourhoods. We’re going to rethink them, and we’re going to have real ownership from the communities where they exist. We’re going to make sure our transport infrastructure is running at a profit, and we’re going to solve so many problems in London that all come down to the economy. We’re going to kick-start this economy and rebuild it.
I can’t wait to get started. I see so much possibility in London, but I also see the other way. Three more years of Sadiq Khan is a dark, dark road indeed. I think we all know that we don’t want that. It’s going to be devastating for this city, for our livelihoods, our businesses, our children and our future. So on 6 May, let’s make sure we make this happen. Vote for Brian on 6 May. Let’s do this. I’m super excited to move forward.
I just want to thank all the people out there, for all the shares on social media, all the comments, and all the people who honk their horns. I was walking to work today, walking down the street, and a bus driver honked her horn and said, “Hey, how you doing?” I said, “I’m doing good. Are you following our campaign?” She said, “I am 100 per cent with you,” and I just said, “Thank you so much.” This happens to me every single day. People stop me on the streets, people shout out, people honk their horns. On 6 May the Labour mayor is in for a big surprise, because you know it and I know it: we are going to win. We’re going to take London in a new direction, and I’m super excited. So thank you so much. This has been Real Deal. We will see you next Friday for another live broadcast. Until then, share this broadcast, spread the word, vote by post, come and volunteer, and let’s rebuild London together. Thank you very much.
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