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Let's be clear what's just happened. Sadiq Khan has said Britain rejoining the EU is "inevitable". Not something to debate. Not something to vote on. Inevitable. Think about that.

Because when a politician tells you something is inevitable, what they're really saying is: Your opinion doesn't matter.

We already had a vote on this. The biggest democratic exercise in British history, 17.4 million people voted to leave. And now, bit by bit, you see the same political class trying to edge us back in.

First it's the customs union. Then the single market. Then "alignment". Then suddenly we're back where we started. No straight question. No honest argument. Just a slow reversal. And now the Mayor of London is openly saying it out loud. That we're going back. Whether you like it or not.

And it gets worse. He's even suggested this could happen without another referendum. Let that sink in.

The same people who talk endlessly about democracy, inclusion, and "having your voice heard" are now quite comfortable bypassing the public entirely. Because they didn't like the answer the first time.

This is the pattern. When the public votes the "wrong" way, the vote gets reinterpreted, diluted, or ignored. That's not democracy. That's management.

And it tells you something bigger about how London and this country are being run. Decisions aren't being driven by the public. They're being driven by a political class that thinks it knows better.

You see it with policing where priorities feel completely out of step with what ordinary people actually want. And now you see it here on something as fundamental as sovereignty.

Khan says Brexit has caused damage. Fine. Make that argument. But don't tell people the answer is "inevitable". Convince them. Win the argument.

But they don't want to do that. Because they know what might happen. And that's the real issue.

This isn't about Europe. It's about control. Who decides the direction of the country? The people or the political class?

Because right now, it feels like the answer is shifting. Gradually. But unmistakably.

Londoners are being told to accept things not choose them. And that should worry everyone. Whatever side you were on in 2016.

Because if politicians can decide a vote doesn't count... What else can they decide?

Laila Cunningham is Reform UK's London mayoral candidate