Khan grew up in a council property in Tooting, south London
By:
Pramod Thomas
LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan has revealed that he began ‘talking posh’ to slot in when he felt like an outsider in his youthful days.
Khan instructed the Large Fish podcast it was like talking two languages as he would discuss so in a different way at dwelling.
The son of a Pakistani bus driver, Khan grew up in a council property in Tooting, south London.
Based on him, the place he grew up was ‘gentle years away’ from the world of regulation and politics.
Khan mentioned he modified the way in which he spoke at regulation college to sound extra posh.
“I used to be raised on a council property. My dad was a bus driver. To go from that background to being a lawyer first, then a parliamentarian, was simply gentle years away from my expertise rising up,” The Telegraph quoted Khan as saying.
“So after I first went to regulation college – I went to this actually posh regulation college in Guilford, the School of Legislation – I began altering the way in which I communicate to slot in. To sound posher.”
The 52 year-old labored as a human rights lawyer earlier than going into politics. He has been the mayor since 2016.
Khan mentioned altering one’s approach of talking is sort of easy.
“I’m not an actor, however you’ll be able to change the way in which you communicate. I then grew to become a trainee solicitor, and I used to be nonetheless talking within the posher approach,” Khan instructed the podcast.
He described his speech as nearly bilingual, utilizing a fancy tone at work and reverting to his regular approach of talking whereas at dwelling.
Khan mentioned {that a} dialog with one in every of his purchasers made him realise that he was making an attempt to be one thing he was not.
He added, “I realised then that being genuine whether or not you’re a lawyer or a politician is way extra necessary. As a result of I communicate in a different way, I stand out. As a result of I’ve completely different colored pores and skin, I stand out. As a result of I’m brief, I stand out. In fact, there have been instances I felt like an outsider.”
