Economics
London Mayor Candidate Goldsmith Pushes Risk of `Chameleon' Khan
- Lagging in polls, Tory gets personal about Labour opponent
- Conservative pledges to build houses, protect environment
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Zac Goldsmith spends as much time talking down his Labour Party opponent as talking up his plans as London mayor.
At a rally in a church hall in Wanstead, east London, last week, the Conservative Party candidate said he’d build new homes, expand railways, protect the environment and buttress the police as he made his pitch to become the capital’s next mayor. Goldsmith’s other main message: London “can’t afford” for Sadiq Khan to beat him to the post.