Sir Sadiq Khan

"Excluding the capital city would be a missed opportunity."

""It is extremely concerning to see this kind of behaviour, which is a clear attempt to intimidate and punish Anthropic for refusing to remove ethical safeguards.""

""I applaud your steadfastness in the face of such pressure.""

"The Crystal Palace National Sports Centre is tired and dated, and in desperate need of investment and modernisation."

"as extremists erode trust in our city and its institutions, it gets easier and easier for them to twist online anger into offline violence."

"Disinformation has become an industry: an ‘outrage economy’ organised around a ‘division dividend’ which allows people to profit from poison."

"I hope we'll also see it as the place where the fightback began."

"London is being targeted with disinformation portraying it as a city 'in decline'."

"London is the 'canary in the coalmine' for a global wave of digital deception."

"The outrage economy is eating away at the basic bonds of trust that hold our societies together."

"As extremists erode trust in our city and its institutions, it gets easier and easier for them to twist online anger into offline violence."

"London is being targeted with disinformation portraying it as a city 'in decline'."

"I haven't come here today to ask anyone to take down content which criticises me."

"As extremists erode trust in our city and its institutions, it gets easier and easier for them to twist online anger into offline violence."

"The evidence suggests Heathrow expansion is a risk that we simply cannot afford to take."

"I will continue to vehemently oppose these plans as I seek to build a fairer, safer, greener, more prosperous London for everyone."

"A message to the promoters - we want to host it in London. Talk to us, we're really keen to have it."