Mayor reveals he suffered heart scare at climate conference

SADIQ KHAN has revealed he may have suffered a “minor heart attack” after falling ill at a climate change conference

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The Mayor said that “out of nowhere, I felt a knot in my chest — a kind of tightening” and had to be helped off the stage. “It was Cop26 in Glasgow and I seemed to be having a heart attack,” he shares in his book, Breathe, which is published this week.

Mr Khan’s aides last night told the Standard that he was “in rude health” and not on heart-related medication as a result of the health scare 18 months ago. But they said the Mayor, who developed adult-onset asthma after training for the London Marathon in 2014, has regular check-ups.

Mr Khan has been Mayor since 2016 and is bidding for a record third term, which would keep him in power until 2028. The next mayoral elections are just under a year away. It is not known what caused Mr Khan to suddenly fall ill in Glasgow on November 10, 2021. But medical experts have confirmed that the symptoms and aftermath were consistent with a minor heart attack.