[The Telegraph] Labour's shadow justice secretary unexpectedly beats Tessa Jowell, the former New Labour minister, with almost 60 per cent of the vote.
Sadiq Khan, Labour's shadow justice secretary, has won the party's nomination to run for London Mayor in next year's election. The Tooting MP beat Tessa Jowell, the former Labour minister and race favourite, by winning 59 per cent of the vote in the final round.
His unexpected victory was credited to the same Left-wing surge among London voters that helped Jeremy Corbyn become the favourite to take the party leadership on Saturday.
Mr Kahn won 48,152 votes -- 58.9 per cent of the total - to Ms Jowell's 33,573 after the other candidates had been knocked out of the race. Labour MPs David Lammy, Diane Abbott and Gareth Thomas fell in the early rounds of the contest, which is run under an alternative vote system.
Mr Kahn praised those who had backed him after the result, saying: "You are the lifeblood of our movement and the reason I am so confident we will win next May." He pledged to keep alive his supporters' "ideas and energy" in the campaign ahead and said it was only thanks to the opportunities he had as a child that he could run to become mayor.
"Looking to the future, our burning ambition must be that all Londoners have the same opportunities," he said, adding that winning the nomination was humbling.
The election for the new London Mayor will be held next May, with Boris Johnson stepping down after two terms in the post.
Considering what we have in the WH, perhaps little should actually be said. 
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