The leader of the Reclaim Party, Laurence Fox said he had been inspired to try and topple City Hall incumbent Sadiq Khan at the May 6 election after the Chancellor revealed at the Budget that the coronavirus response had seen the Government borrow £407 billion.
Mr Fox said it amounted to “roughly £1,600 for every family in the country” and had led to Rishi Sunak to increase the tax burden to its “highest level for 50 years”.
In a statement, when he announced he was standing ,he said it was time to get the financial situation “under control” and vowed to push for the lockdown to be eased immediately after the local elections – more than a month earlier than currently planned under the Prime Minister’s road map for lifting all restrictions.
“Every week that goes by without lifting lockdown means more lost jobs, more lost businesses and even more taxes in the future,” Mr Fox said.
“That’s why I am standing for London mayor.”
However, he officially launched his London mayoral candidacy, yesterday, with some big words written on the side of a bus. Where have we seen that before…
The controversial lockdown sceptic headed to the streets in the bus with a picture of a masked Winston Churchill statue on the side.
The Reclaim Party leader drove past the London mayor as he kicked off his campaign, yelling: “Sadiq, I’m taking your house, mate.”
He Tweeted this.
As ever a lot of people had a lot to say about his launch…
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