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The speaker is saying that personal safety matters to him because he sees himself as a Londoner and wants the people closest to him protected. The quote frames safety as a priority rooted in family and community concern.
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Originally said in English.
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About Sadiq Khan
British politician, Mayor of London since 2016
Sadiq Khan is a British politician, active in the 21st century, and Mayor of London since 2016. He has 100 quotes on the site. He served as the Labour MP for Tooting from 2005 to 2016 before being raised to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2026. Within the Labour Party, he is associated with the soft left and has been described as a social democrat.
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