Social media output by Conservative London Assembly member (AM) and former mayoral candidate Susan Hall attacking Sir Sadiq Khan has prompted a complaint to the Greater London Authority’s monitoring officer, who has a statutory responsibility for ensuring that City Hall politicians adhere to its Code of Conduct, including by investigating potential illegality.
The complaint has been submitted by Labour AM Leonie Cooper in relation to Hall responding to an AI-generated image depicting the Mayor drowning at sea by suggesting “a ULEZ camera” should be thrown to him.
The image was originally posted by a far-right activist and prolific poster on X who describes himself as a “patriot” defending free speech and expresses support for Reform UK, whose leader, Nigel Farage has vowed to replace the Tories. He asked his followers what they would “throw to save Khan”, prompting Hall to publish her remark.
In a statement, Cooper said “these comments and images are unacceptable and any politician should be able to see that”. While emphasising her view that political disagreements and robust debate are “vital to the democratic process,” Cooper added that “reposting, sharing and making jokes about AI generated imagery which depicts violence against politicians is beyond the pale”.
Hall, who chairs the Assembly’s police and crime committee, lost last year’s mayoral election to Khan by eleven percentage points following a campaign which prominently featured a pledge to do away with the Labour incumbent’s expansion of the ULEZ – the Ultra-Low Emission Zone – to cover the whole of Greater London.
She received criticism during the campaign for past social media posts, including an endorsement of a fellow X-user who cited Enoch Powell as an example of how to “get London back” and a reposting with thanks of far-right agitator Katie Hopkins describing Khan, a Muslim, as the “mayor of Londonistan”.
More recently, Hall has used X to express support for Rupert Lowe MP, who is currently suspended by Reform following claims about his conduct, which he denies. Other interventions on X by Hall this year include reposting a claim by nationalist-populist activist David Atherton that Southport murder Axel Rudakubana “probably was a Muslim terrorist”. The chief constable of Merseyside had previously told MPs that this was not the case.
Hall has also endorsed the view that businessman and Reform backer Charlie Mullins OBE was a victim of “free speech” double standards after he he was rebuked for “bringing the honours system into disrepute” by suggesting on X that “someone should kill” Khan over the ULEZ expansion policy.
Khan has long received round-the-clock police protection due to the high number of threats he receives, many of them related to his Muslim faith, both from far-right and Islamist extremists.
Cooper’s complaint about Hall relates to a “general obligation” under the Code of Conduct to “treat others with respect” and to avoid conduct “which could reasonably be regarded as bringing your office or Authority into dispute”.
She points out that Hall pinned her “ULEZ camera” remark to the top of her X feed, ensuring its high prominence, and that it attracted a number of “abhorrent” comments. “I hope Assembly Member Susan Hall takes the opportunity to reflect and apologise,” she said.
The Conservative London Assembly group has been approached for comment.
Updated, 10 April 2025 at 07:27.
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Hall is a brainless imbecilic fascistic racist. On record.