- EXPRESS - Set 14, 2020 - Oli Smith - SADIQ KHAN has been savaged after Boris Johnson and his Government was forced to step in and "take back control of the capital" after repeated failures from the Mayor of London. Sadiq Khan's failures as London Mayor have forced Boris Johnson and his Cabinet to step in to take control of the crisis-hit capital, according to Grant Shapps. The Transport Secretary, following lobbying from Conservative mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey, has step