- So, as your next Mayor of London
my job is actually quite simple.
In the essence, I do two things.
My job is to listen, and my job is to serve, period.
That's all that I need to do,
and I need to do it extremely well,
to bring this city back to be world-class once again.
And that's really the essence of it.
And so that's why you probably seen for the past few weeks
I've been bringing in all sorts of different types of people
into my studio to listen and find out ways that I can serve.
And I've had incredible people on
to find out what's actually going on out there
and how I can make a difference.
I've had Jon Morgan from the Theatres Trust stop by.
I've had Steve McNamara, from one of the largest
taxi driver unions here in London.
I've had Jonathan Downey,
who unfortunately has had to close down five restaurants
because the hospitality industry has been ignored.
I went off site and spoke to Peter Dore-Smith
who runs a coffee store chain called Kaffeine with a K.
And I spoke to Simon Woodroffe,
one of the original Dragons' Dens
and one of the guys that created YO! Sushi,
an incredible brand.
And, I've been listening to them to find out
what are the solutions that we can work on
to make a difference.
And tomorrow I'll be having two more conversations.
One with Greg Mulholland of the Pub Confederation.
And I'll be also speaking with the guy
that runs the Big Bus Tours here in London to find out
how we can get tourism back on track.
And, I spent the afternoon, like I try to every week
going out in London and talking to people on the streets
and finding out what's on their mind.
What do they need London to do better
to make their lives better?
And last week I was down at Borough Market
and I spoke to some incredible people out there,
and got some incredible insights.
And today, I spoke with a trader in Covent Garden,
and his name was Kim.
And he sells T-shirts on the southern side
of the Covent Garden, where all the performers are there.
And I went up to him and I started chatting with him
and, I said, "How's business?"
And he said, "You know, it's horrible."
He said, "But I gotta be open, I've gotta try."
And I said, "What's selling the best?"
And he said, "Actually, the TikTok T-shirt
"is what's selling the best."
I was like, "The TikTok T-shirt?"
He said, "I know it's crazy,
"but that's what's actually selling."
And I said, "What do we need to do
"to get London back to work?"
And he said, "Brian, there's no one here."
He said, "I don't understand, there's no one here."
He said, "Our current mayor is not encouraging people
"to come into London.
"He's not encouraging people to get back to work.
"He's not encouraging theatres to open up again."
And he said, 'Without that, like, I'm dying here.
"My business is gonna die.
"My family is going to be out."
He said, "This is really critical times.
And he said, "I don't understand why he doesn't support us."
He said, "All he wants to do is locked down this city
"even more."
And I said, "Yeah, I'm frustrated with the same thing.
"It seems like he has some other agenda
"or he just can't see that his job is to serve
"the citizens of London.
"And they don't want to be locked down,
"especially when the science doesn't dictate it.
"And to say that it's inevitable again
"is almost like you're predicting the future,
"and you're not letting science decide
"when we need to do something."
And I said,
"Kim, I think what he's trying to do is stay relevant
"because this is the only thing he can talk about
"to where people actually can hear his name
"and see who he is."
And he said, "Brian," he said, "It's not about him."
He said, "His job is to serve the 9 million citizens
"of London."
And I really wanna appreciate Kim
for really making that point to me.
Kim was born here in the UK,
but his family's from Turkey.
And, it really hit home when he said that.
And it's so true.
The Mayor of London's job is to serve.
It's to serve the citizens of this great city,
and to do everything you can do humanly possible
from the Met police to the transportation services
to getting London back to work, to our education system,
to keeping us safe, to promoting tourism,
to promoting our reputation around the world.
That's the job of the Mayor of London.
The Mayor of London's job is not to get reelected.
It's not to try to become prime minister.
It's not to shout about things to keep you in the news.
Your job is to serve the citizens here, period.
And it's frustrating when that's not happening.
And so that's why my job is to do exactly that.
It's to try to listen to as many points of view
and try to make the best decisions
in service of the citizens here in this great city
that I love, that I've called my home for 20 years.
And so, I just wanna appreciate that man today.
And I spoke to so many people.
I spoke to a woman on Westminster Bridge
who had a bunch of thoughts as well
about how the city can get back on track.
I met people throughout that know me from London Real,
and that have known that I've announced for mayor
and these things.
And so, it's really important to me
that I get out and speak to the people.
And so every week I will be out and about.
I mean every day I get stopped by people.
But every week, I'll literally be going
to different boroughs,
and speaking with the people and finding out
as your next Mayor of London, how can I serve you better?
And that will be my job.
And I will be working tirelessly 24 seven
to find better ways to serve this city.
And that is my plan.
And so let me start now, and I wanna ask you questions.
And leave me answers below in the comments and tell me,
how can I serve you?
That's really what I wanna know.
Please tell me in the comments below,
how can I make this city better?
How can I serve you?
How can I get London back to work?
How can I put education first?
How can I make London green?
How can I make London safe?
How can I make London more digital?
This is the king things that I wanna do.
And this is what I am gonna dedicate my life to do
as your next Mayor of London.
So again, I hope this helped.
Please leave your comments below.
Please share this video if it resonated with you.
But if it's not obvious,
I'm very serious about being your next mayor.
You can learn more about my policies
in my announcement video.
It's brianformayor.london.
And in seven months time,
I plan to spend the next three years of my life serving you.
And I look forward to do it.
The funny thing is,
this is the worst time for this to happen for me
because London Real is booming.
And it's super important
that we're putting out these censorship free content.
I teach an Academy that's graduated over 5,000 students.
We make documentary films.
We have great charities we contribute to.
This is probably the worst time.
But I feel that I'm being called
to go ahead and be in this role.
I feel that I must do this.
I don't have a choice,
and everything else is gonna go on hold.
My business is gonna go on hold, my plans,
my dreams are going on hold,
so I can serve this city
and give back to this great city in this great country
that has given me so much.
You know, 20 years of my life I've spent here,
my kids were born here.
I'm gonna be buried in this city.
I love it so much.
And, I can't wait to get in there
and do the job and make you all proud
to be citizens of this city
and make all of you around the world to look to London
and say, "Man, those guys really got it right.
"They are leading from the front.
"They're making hard decisions
"and they're getting those results."
And that's what I promise you that I'm gonna do
when I'm elected mayor of the city
and I'm super excited for the challenge,
and I'm super excited to take everything
in my last 49 years of my life
and put it into this job,
from my business skills, to my entrepreneurial skills,
to my experience in finance,
to my experience on London Real.
Nine years, I've been on London Real.
I've spoken to a thousand people
and I've gotten some of the greatest ideas,
the greatest concepts,
the greatest intellectual property that I want to fold in
to this incredible city and do my part
like so many people have before me.
So, those were my thoughts tonight.
This is just something that kinda,
I just kinda pulled out my phone
and wanted to talk to you about.
But again leave your comments below.
Go to the website if you wanna learn more
about our campaign and how you can help as well.
And that's it.
Tomorrow, I'll be up early, and I'll be back out there,
finding ways that I can be of service,
finding ways I can listen to you
and finding ways I can make London,
you know, great again.
Return this city to its status of world-class once again,
'cause we're not there,
and, this current crop of politicians
is driving the city in the ground
and I cannot stop stand by and watch it happen.
So, there you go.
I hope you're having a great evening wherever you are.
I love you, and more of this to come.
Alright, peace.