The 19th century was the century of empires, the 20th was the century of nation states, and the 21st is the century of cities and mayors.
— Sadiq Khan
London chose to come out in record numbers, the highest turnout there's ever been in a mayoral election, and - I say this not with arrogance; it is what others have said - the single biggest mandate a British politician has ever received. That shows what a wonderful city we are.
London made my family and myself.
The story of the British empire helps to explain the roots of most British people: white, black, and Asian.
As an ethnically Asian Muslim, born and bred in this country, I am British. I have never felt a conflict between my country, my religion, and my background.
It is not enough to pay lip service to diversity.
People need to be able to read what their rights are, to be able to participate and hold their governments to account.
I challenge British Muslims to accept that as strongly as they feel about Iraq or counter-terrorism measures, poverty and inequality have the biggest impact on the lives of the majority of British Muslims and do the most to prevent potential being fulfilled.
I did not come into Parliament to be a Muslim MP. And I have never set myself up as a Muslim spokesperson or community leader. Just as ordinary citizens have multiple identities, so do MPs.
A duty to the public must be to stop prisoners reoffending through successful rehabilitation.
I look forward to the day that I can go with my daughters to the polling station for them to cast their first vote.
We cannot afford to have the confidence of the public, victims, and witnesses in our justice system undermined because the wrong people are being found guilty and the real criminals are wandering the streets.
The U.K. has some of the best protections in law for religious groups in the world. They aren't perfect, but they provide a strong basis for religious groups to be free from fear of discrimination. I'm proud of this because it underpins what is decent about our country.
Betting shops have a big impact on encouraging on-street drinking and can often become a centre for disorder and anti-social behaviour.
Legal aid gets a bad press. Some rail against handing taxpayers' money to criminals; others attack fat cat lawyers, while some argue that we spend far more on legal aid than other countries. But let's get some facts straight: saying that legal aid is just about criminals is wrong - most goes to people before any decision is taken on their guilt.
You know that running bug people talk about? Well, I've been well and truly bitten.
Labour accepts that the European Court of Human Rights needs reform.
I've been blessed - every job I've had I've loved, whether it's as a lawyer, MP, cabinet minister.
My experience in relation to taking on the preachers of hate was saying to them it's compatible being British, being Western, being Muslim.
When I was growing up, anyone who wasn't white was black. It meant all of us. Though when I was at university, we started to be called Asians.
We should recognise the mirrors of exclusion and mirrors of extremism in our society. The inequalities and disadvantages among visible minorities are also prevalent in the white working class. Political extremism and disengagement is mirrored between white and ethnic minority communities.
Of course I am partisan in my politics, but my partisanship is rational - which, in my book, is not necessarily oxymoronic.
I used to be a human rights lawyer and acted for many black Londoners who had been victims of discrimination.
Education is important even beyond the bounds of the opportunities it gives to the individual; it is a crucial and basic requirement for ensuring effective democracy and human rights.
For too long, some lazy politicians have engaged leaders of Muslim communities as a shortcut to engaging disenfranchised Muslim citizens.
The U.K. has some of the toughest legislation on hate crime in the world, and it is there to keep us all safe.
Our prisons are full of people who are illiterate and innumerate, have been failed by the care system, and often have had a parent in prison.
Voting, for me, has always been a family affair.
Major miscarriages of justice have occurred because of the absence of proper legal representation.
I welcome an arms race for minority ethnic voters. This will ensure we all raise our game.
Legal aid is central to righting wrongs and rectifying injustice.
My morning runs have become one of the only times I have during the week to reflect and take stock.
Probation is a less-well-known branch of our justice system, compared with, say, police and prisons, but that doesn't make it any less important. Hundreds of thousands of offenders each year are rehabilitated back into society by probation, which is crucial for the public's safety.
Thousands of people's lives improved in this country through human rights laws. Individual people taking on the all-powerful state and winning. You'd think a very Tory thing to do. Sadly not, under Cameron's leadership.
I think Bill de Blasio is doing interesting housing stuff in New York, Rahm Emanuel is doing interesting stuff with the infrastructure bank in Chicago. I want to go to America to meet with and engage with American mayors.
One of the things that's important to me as a Londoner is making sure my family, people I care about, are safe.
I've spent my entire adult life encouraging minority communities to get involved in mainstream society, civic society.
Islam is misunderstood by many. The extremists grab the headlines; those of us who want to practise our religion and live under this country's laws do not make the news.
Muslims, like most other voters, don't just want 'one of their own,' they want someone who best represents their values.
Women with opportunities are women who can contribute.
We should celebrate when optimism and hard work triumph over cynicism, lethargy, and fatalism.
It is the Labour party that has always sought to address the problems facing British Muslims, because we believe it is one of our primary functions to tackle the problems faced by the most vulnerable in our society.
Letting people out of prison without professional staff to oversee their rehabilitation is irresponsible.
Victims of crime and the wider community deserve a grown-up debate on our criminal justice system and how we can make it work - for those within it and for those it protects.
Being reliant on legal aid is probably inconceivable to most of us. But this is no different from other branches of the welfare state established at the same time as our legal aid system - being diagnosed with a major illness and needing the NHS, or losing a job and needing the support of social security.
Legal aid is crucial in ensuring those truly guilty of crimes are convicted after due process, and those innocent are able to clear their names, by ensuring that access to legal representation is available for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
Minority ethnic issues need to be mainstream issues.
Victims want to know that the true perpetrators of their crime are convicted - legal aid helps achieve this.
I never understood how much running changes your life. I'm now obsessed. When not trying to beat my personal best, I'm talking to other people about theirs, reading training advice or eating the perfect balance of carbs and protein.
Only Labour is in a position to protect individual rights against abuses by the state.
