In 15 or so years most Gen Xs will be over 60. I can't speak for all of them but certainly me and my friends from that era would all rather shit in our hands and clap than vote Tory.
This is another deliberate tactic I think. There was another guy who just used Labour branding. They’re actually ashamed of their own party and / or trying to get votes by stealth.
"Woke Londoners", "full of immigrants", "liberal elite" etc is how they'll play those voters in the rest of the country.
Men and women of the people, The Tories, as can be seen from their hugely successful levelling up programme.
Various posts on this thread have nailed it.
The Tories want Khan in charge of London when they call the General Election. Their strategy will be “look at no go area Londonstan with its oppressive ULEZ and knife crime and it’s all Labour’s fault. Do you want that everywhere?”. It’s a lot harder...