Diane Abbott runs for London Mayor in 2016

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How would Goldsmith do against Abbott?

[The Bishop]

I fear he would have won, and it would have been another nasty campaign from him (even if not exactly the same as the one he pursued against Khan)

[jakegb]

Very narrow win for Goldsmith - even with the controversy he caused.

[Deleted]

If Labour had lost the Mayoralty, would Corbyn have been challenged sooner?

[LDCaerdydd]

Feb 19, 2022 15:03:09 GMT @conservativeestimate said:

If Labour had lost the Mayoralty, would Corbyn have been challenged sooner?

Not with the Brexit referendum only a few weeks away.

Labour MPs held a vote of no confidence in Corbyn shortly after the referendum and just seven weeks after the Mayoralty. The time frame here was so tight a few weeks either way wouldn’t have made a jot of difference.

[greenhert]

Given how bad Zac Goldsmith's campaign was, I believe Diane Abbott would have clinched it.

[timrollpickering]

Would Labour activists have been so keen to secure the mayoralty for Abbott?

[Deleted]

Feb 19, 2022 16:49:49 GMT timrollpickering said:

Would Labour activists have been so keen to secure the mayoralty for Abbott?

Why wouldn't they be?

[Deleted]

This thread poses another question: which Tories could have won against Khan?

[dundas]

Merton and Wandsworth seems to be a bellwether for these elections, so the son of a Tooting bus driver was always likely to get over the line. Abbott would still have won IMHO, and prove an invaluable ally for Corbyn against Smith and Eagle's chicken coup.