Boris Johnson 'offered to help' Susan Hall with London mayoral campaign
Susan Hall told GB News that Boris Johnson has offered to help with her London mayoral campaign
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Boris Johnson has offered to help Susan Hall with her campaign, the Conservative candidate for London mayor told GB News.
Hall, who launched her campaign in Johnson's former Uxbridge constituency over the weekend, said that "talking to London" is her main concern.
Asked if the former London Mayor will be campaigning alongside her, Hall said: "Boris has offered any help that I want."
She added: "To be honest, I'm on the doors all the time. I'm talking to London as that is my main concern. Listen to what Londoners are saying.
Hall, who launched her campaign in Johnson's former Uxbridge constituency over the weekend, said that "talking to London" is her main concern.
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"And the issue with Sadiq Khan is that he's not listening the same way. If he listened more, he would never have put in the Ulez expansion.
"He would absolutely never have allowed the police to go into special measures, and he would have built more family homes.
"He's done none of that because he's not actually listening to what Londoners are saying, I am."
She told GB News she hasn't yet spoken to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about the prospect of him campaigning alongside her.
Hall said: "To be honest, I haven't discussed it with him. I'm so busy. I'm out knocking on doors all the time.
"I love listening to people. I mean, I think he's pretty busy running the country, to be fair."
Hall said: "Boris has offered any help that I want."
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The Conservative mayoral candidate also told GB News that, while she would reverse Sadiq Khan's Ulez expansion, she would not get rid of the cameras currently being used to enforce it.
She explained: "I've always said I will not remove the cameras. The police use the cameras for what we call ANPR, which is Automatic Number Plate Recognition if we want the police to keep us safe. And I would suggest we all do.
"We've got to give them every tool in the box in order to do that."
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Hall, who was chosen as the Tory candidate last summer, will face off against Khan on May 2.
She launched her "Listening to Londoners" campaign in Uxbridge on Sunday and highlighted local opposition to Ulez.
It came just days after Khan launched his third re-election bid alongside Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
His campaign launch saw him vow to build 40,000 new council homes by the end of the decade.
The former Tooting MP also used his speech to warn that the mayoral election on May 2 is a “two-horse race” between himself and Hall, who he claimed would “take our city backwards”.
Responding to Hall's remarks to GB News, a spokesperson for Khan said: “This election is a close two-horse race between Sadiq, and the hard-right Conservative candidate who couldn’t be more out of touch with London’s values.
"Sadiq is freezing TfL fares, providing free school meals for primary school children and building a record number of council homes.
"The Tory candidate cheered Liz Truss’s disastrous mini budget, has promoted racist comments by Enoch Powell on social media, and in the last few weeks voted against Sadiq’s plans to freeze TfL fares and provide free school meals.”