Sadiq Khan invites Donald Trump to next year's Pride festival in London

Speaking astatine mayor’s question clip astatine City Hall connected Thursday, Mr Khan, who is Muslim, said: “I would similar to usage this accidental to invitation President Elect Trump to adjacent year’s Pride successful London.

“I besides invitation him to be Friday prayers with maine – immoderate Friday helium wants to travel to London – oregon a Hindu temple, oregon a Sikh gurdwara, oregon a Jewish synagogue.”

He added: “I deliberation it’s truly important to stock the joys of the top metropolis successful the satellite with the president-elect and I look guardant to doing conscionable that erstwhile helium comes to the UK.”

Mr Khan had been asked by Tory assembly subordinate Alex Georgiou whether helium would enactment with president-elect Trump’s medication “to promote arsenic overmuch concern into London arsenic possible”.

After proceeding the mayor’s response, Mr Georgiou said: “I deliberation that is simply a precise bully effect that we should beryllium welcoming each democratically elected officials to London to amusement them what a large metropolis it is.”

Mr Khan has had a agelong past of trading insults with Mr Trump.

Mr Khan besides sanctioned a balloon parodying himself, according to erstwhile adjutant Nick Bowes.

During a sojourn to the US successful September, Mr Khan said helium hoped Kamala Harris would go US president.

He added that London “is - and volition ever beryllium - for everyone”.

“We volition ever beryllium pro-women, pro-diversity, pro-climate and pro-human rights,” helium said.

Last week the politician told LBC: “I privation him well. I congratulate him connected winning the election. But clearly… determination are anxieties that Londoners have, which my occupation arsenic the politician is to articulate those”

“it's truly important that we enactment retired a manus of relationship to president-elect Trump…

“I deliberation the 3 things that adjacent Donald Trump supporters would hold with, is his policies are protectionist, nativist and unilateralist. I deliberation that poses problems not conscionable for our large state and, you know, the world, but besides for London.”