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Idris Elba 'emerges as Labour’s top choice to replace Sadiq Khan as London Mayor after knife crime campaign'

The actor has won acclaim for his recent high-profile work tackling knife crime

Idris Elba has emerged as a frontrunner to become Labour ’s next candidate for Mayor of London following his recent high-profile work tackling knife crime, according to reports. “When Idris Elba speaks, people listen,” wrote the Standard’s Vicky Jessop in a four star review of Our Knife Crime Crisis. Labour MPs Dawn Butler, Stella Creasy and Rosena Allin-Khan are other names that have been linked to the Mayor of London post.

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