Conservatives’ tactics just like Trump: Sadiq Khan

London’s new mayor Sadiq Khan on Sunday accused Prie Minister David Cameron’s ruling Conservative party of using “fear and innuendo” in a bid to turn religious and ethnic groups against each other during the mayoral campaign and said the tactics were straight out of the “Donald Trump playbook”.

Mr Khan, who is the first Muslim to occupy the top post, criticised the Cameron government and his mayoral campaign rival Zac Goldsmith for their divisive election campaign.

The 45-year-old mayor, who is the son of a Pakistani bus driver and was elected by an overwhelming mandate earlier this week, said he wanted to focus on issues like transport and housing in London.

“But David Cameron and Zac Goldsmith chose to set out to divide London’s communities in an attempt to win votes in some areas and suppress voters in other parts of the city,” Mr Khan wrote in The Observer, his first article a day after being sworn-in as London’s mayor.

“They used fear and innuendo to try to turn different ethnic and religious groups against each other — something straight out of the Donald Trump playbook. Londoners deserved better and I hope it’s something the Conservative party will never try to repeat,” the Labour party MP said.