Yesterday Sadiq Khan demanded Britain’s biggest arms fair DSEI be cancelled as it offends asylum seekers and that London shouldn’t be a“marketplace for those who wish to trade in weapons”. He added it was ’“inappropriate” considering the Gaza conflict. Despite the fact that the event generates a huge amount of cash for London’s economy…
Unsurprisingly this caused backlash from the defence industry. Though Khan’s colleagues are also less enthused about his intervention. Last night at a Labour Tech event, Labour MP and former RAF Wing Commander Calvin Bailey blasted Khan, saying:
“Sadiq Khan can’t visit Africa to promote trade, and not expect them to come to London to buy our leading defence technologies to help defend against extremists.”
Co-conspirators will remember that Khan managed take a whopping 11 officials – mainly press – with him to tour around Africa in July. Khan’t defend that…