Editing Malcolm McLaren (section)

== Campaign to become Mayor of London ==
An article in the ''[[New Statesman]]'', published on 20 December 1999, titled "My Vision for London", included the "McLaren Manifesto",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2010/04/malcolm-mclaren-london-sex-pistols|title=When Malcolm McLaren ran for mayor|work=New Statesman |location=UK |date= 9 April 2010}}</ref> prompting speculation that McLaren might stand to be elected as [[Mayor of London]].<ref name="musicinsight_6">[http://www.musicinsight.com/node/view/6 "Malcolm McLaren To Run For Mayor Of London"]. Musicinsight.com. Retrieved on 9 July 2011.</ref> With funds sourced from Sony Music by the rock music entrepreneur [[Alan McGee]], McLaren subsequently launched a campaign to stand as an independent candidate in the inaugural elections for the position in May 2000.<ref name="musicinsight_6" />

With a range of policy proposals, from environmentally-sensitive traffic calming to providing public libraries with licences to serve alcohol, McLaren took to the hustings in protest at "the great political swindle of the mainstream parties who are plotting to make London expensive, oppressive and boring".<ref>Malcolm McLaren Needs Your Help! Anyone Can Be A Sex Pistol, mayoral campaign leaflet, 2000</ref>

According to McLaren's campaign manager, the late entry into the mayoral race by [[Ken Livingstone]] forced him out of the running.<ref name="Gorman" />