I don't see how the Mayor is equivalent to Chamberlain. Chamberlain thought that letting Hitler take over part of Czechoslovakia would bring "peace for our time." His Munich Agreement is the epitome of appeasement. Based on the brief articles you posted, I don't see where the Mayor advocates giving anything to any terrorist groups. In fact, this part
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...At the same time he criticized Britain over its ties with Saudi Arabia, which he said had fuelled intolerance in the past through its Wahhabist form of Islam, creating a "major problem."...
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seems to go contrary to your thesis.