but also with sadiq khan, i think there's something slightly more ephemeral, intangible about being a good or a bad mayor. and khanis being a good or a bad mayor. and khan is so controversial he has failed to bring one of the world's great cities together. there are an awful lot of people who feel he's a divisive character. he often seems bad tempered, high handed, with certain interviewers and so on and in various. do you want to meet this? no, no no no, he's not a warm guy and he's focusing constantly on this kind of diversity thing. >> yet at the same time, arguably you've got these marches going on every week under his watch and also really quite unnecessarily aggressive rhetoric towards donald trump, which obviously not surprising that he feels that way, but it seems unnecessary, i think, as the mayor of a of a what do you think about that, i suppose? >> well, you know, diplomacy is important. i mean, the mayoral title, it's interesting. he's not a fun guy, like at least bofis not a fun guy, like at least boris johnson. i don't think he was a good pm, but he was a good mayor. he was a great, fun mayor. >> unfort

. >> now the london mayor, sadiq khanis >> now the london mayor, sadiq khan is set to receive a knighthoode new year's honours list. >> he will receive the award for pubuc >> he will receive the award for public service after almost 20 years in public service after almost 20 years up at the top of the hour. round up at the top of the hour. now, though, it's back to ben and emma for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/alerts . gbnews.com/alerts. >> very good morning to you at home. thank you for your company this morning. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with me, ben leo and of course emma trimble sat beside me. >> now the london mayor, sadiq khanis >> now the london mayor, sadiq khan is set to receive a knighthood in the new year's honours list. >> he will receive the award for pubuc >> he will receive the award for public service after almost 20 years in politics. here's a list of just a few of his achievements as london mayor. >> well, he's provided free school meals for all state p