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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Lynch

HISTORICAL FACTS: Sadiq khan pokes fun at greens polanski with urdu answer at london assembly | History Defined

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan on the phone during the BGC annual charity day at their offices in Canary Wharf, London (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has poked fun at Zack Polanski by responding to a question from him in Urdu, a language the Green Party leader recently used in a campaign video for his bid to become an MP.

Mr Polanski spoke Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, in a video as part of his campaign to be the next MP for Holborn and St Pancras, the constituency where ex-prime minister Sir Keir Starmer stood down.

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