{"id":1178323,"date":"2026-08-31T03:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T03:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1178323\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T03:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T03:16:12","slug":"london-mayor-battle-erupts-as-labour-and-reform-mps-slam-tory-hopeful-james-cleverly-standard-co-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1178323\/","title":{"rendered":"London mayor battle erupts as Labour and Reform MPs slam Tory hopeful James Cleverly &#8211; standard.co.uk"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxQZmM1Mzc1elB1N0dSdjVXS1lCN2pLQWNINGJyTmFoSzlqTEZjUnFpQzdfYVlLOXpmNXBGaGwtNFd4dkhUM1ZZTHpwQ285Z1Y4bGJpbkJPMkVaR2IzSENTTlRYNFVKd3Q3R05aVWVzbVhnTGxJVE5XRHhFbWZrTXQ0V09VZzl3M3p5bzJxSkJkb0tvUHVYdG0yU2NPQk1zckt0UFFKZlY5LTJjYUhheEN2UGxhTGIzM2V0ZUtn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">London mayor battle erupts as Labour and Reform MPs slam Tory hopeful James Cleverly<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;standard.co.uk<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxOUXRUTGFuMjlXSTh6YnctWjBnVzZJeTA5VGRfVDJOcktrRnZhSkEzZTRBaHRQQmRkaHlibVZoVmc4dlp3MmRKZnlqYjhWTHVGY1Jnc2NIVmZNeVN5TmNoT3FsVGUzWW9Pc1paVVZBN1NNNFRveHVaVDBfcVN5M0xfQmdSdE44YURETTJLQXJzZXhyRXdLMGNZbGg1UlJWdmZNcUdtNl9uQWlOZV9yb2Rz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleverly avoids culture war issues in pitch to be next London mayor<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxNa2l1SkkyX2tTQkpTVXFCWEFWZ28zejhRdlRtM3RMVVo5OFhEWTlfbnhKSTNNMldIamk5aDZvUXkzSktROU9mYmFqT0NFODVIOXJrdXVMdlpjYVdVdTlfeFZXQ3NCMnRqdTJ3RVRTMGxFTjh4QUNTM3FPSEcxcHJueTVyNmpjcFUxWDBEalJZMkJidUptR2hqX2dR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Cleverly: Sadiq Khan has let down London, our capital needs a champion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQWDI3d0VIMmdUQzhSa0RabjQ2Z1hvNXF0UHEyN0pFbDVNNTBxalA4UDVuN1VRRUl4WHJXOWRpN3gxTzdJV0lkWjBPUjlyTVNIOTRSSktzQ2dGTDlkRE9yVmdFb2I3ZGFVcFVuM2RaSFoyY1VSQ01NMmRib19ESjR5YzNISnYxVjNCakdlMXR5a2xsSTVDS19aWDFoMVVsc1diZC1lQ0xvZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleverly: I\u2019ll end Khan\u2019s war on motorists if I win London<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE9KUHlPYTBPd2RfcHh3TjlzTGhfQmlYaWZmWC0wanNtdTZBT3V2OWd4OTVSTGJfZ0ozb2MtVWFIcjloYkRGVWV2TktRblRCSEY0X3RUUGVJZlQtZDdi?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleverly quits shadow cabinet to run for London mayor<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London mayor battle erupts as Labour and Reform MPs slam Tory hopeful James Cleverly&nbsp;&nbsp;standard.co.uk Cleverly avoids culture war&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1178324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[26387,80881,206382,48962,12,386,14252,16,15],"class_list":["post-1178323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","category-united-kingdom","tag-city-hall","tag-james-cleverly","tag-laila-cunningham","tag-lee-anderson","tag-news","tag-reform-uk","tag-sadiq-khan","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117187954892056764","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1178324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1178323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1178323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}