Oily oligarch or man of the people

I’m still wondering why the London mayor thought he could get away with claiming he’d never heard of the grooming gangs of Pakistani immigrants. Unless he was lying, of course. Which is always on the cards when a politician is involved, especially one of the current Labour lot.
    Perhaps the answer lies in the observation that Boris Johnson used to charge round the city on a bike when he was the mayor but Khan daren’t to anywhere without his armoured limousine for fear of being knocked off by a disgruntled resident.
    The one bloke was out there and he knew what was going on. The other lives in his ivory tower and hasn’t got a clue what happens beyond it.