Sadiq Khan promised there would be no Tube strikes under his mayoralty. So where is he now? Asks James Ford

Do you remember when Sadiq Khan promised that there would be no Tube strikes under his mayoralty? As they stand in long queues at bus stops or fork out large sums in Uber surge fares, the Mayor probably hopes Londoners don’t. Like his pledge to never build on greenbelt land, it is a promise that has aged poorly. We should not be surprised, then, that Sadiq Khan has been largely invisible this week as strikes have shut down London’s tube network and crippled the capital’s economy. Our Mayor is not a fan of accountability at the best of times and never leads from the front during a crisis. Face an angry crowd of commuters or answer awkward questions from the press? That is a job for your generously remunerated deputy mayors and your bloated bureaucracy of transport officials. Sadiq Khan is the epitome of a fair-weather Mayor.

Rather than deliver the strike-fee transport network that he promised, the Khan years have witnessed the highest rates of industrial action........

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