A BIG blimp of Sadiq Khan in a yellow bikini has been launched over London.

Crowds of supporters gathered in Parliament Square to see the giant balloon on Saturday morning.

Organisers raised more than £58,000 for the 29ft blimp as part of a campaign seeking to remove the London mayor from office.

The stunt comes after the London mayor defended the flying of a similar blimp depicting Donald Trump as a giant baby during the US president's visit to the UK in July.

Campaigners are protesting the spike in crime that has taken place during Khan's time in City Hall leading to the capital being dubbed “Lawless London”.

Some campaigners wore t-shirts saying: "Stop the Khanage" and "Make London safe again".

There were cheers and shouts of "higher, higher, higher" as the balloon was raised up into the sky.

White underpants and masks with a caricature of the mayor's face on were also being given out.

Yanny Bruere, 28, from Northampton, who set up a Crowdfunder page for the event, said it was done "in retaliation" to the Trump blimp.

He added: "I think a certain amount of respect should be afforded to the leader of the free world and the greatest ally the UK has - the president of America.”

"Obviously a lot of people feel the same, that Sadiq Khan doesn't represent them and doesn't speak for them and obviously they all want to see Sadiq Khan on a giant blimp as well.”

The crowdfunding campaign hit its target in just one week back in July, as US President Donald Trump prepared to visit the UK.

Mr Bruere also said: "It highlights more important issues like crime in London which is just incredible this year.

"We have seen triple figures in deaths already since January."

The mayor is shown in a yellow bikini in protest against his ban on posters featuring scantily clad women on the grounds they could “create body confidence issues”

It is based on the attire of a woman featured on protein shake poster which asked "Are you beach body ready?"

Augustine Chukwuma Obodo, 50, founder of Friends of Trump UK, said: "This reaffirms everything that Trump has been saying - this city has fallen to the liberals and has insecurity, killings and maiming.

"We are here today to tell the whole world that Sadiq Khan has failed and that everything Trump has been saying is happening here in the UK.”