Saddiq Khan is in no way responsible for london, neither has he made it a better place.
Gentle_Snail on
Its hard to argue against this tbh, London has far lower knife crime than equivalent cities like New York, its homicide rate is now the lowest on record, and it experiences one of lowest violent crime rates of any major European capital.
Yet most people wouldn’t know this, because for some reason hostile politicians and social media present it as one of the most dangerous cities in the developed world
do_or_pie on
> Khan also labelled as “unpatriotic” those on the right of British politics who he accused of trying to tear down London “because it’s diverse, progressive, liberal, multicultural and incredibly successful”.
Damn right. You ain’t no patriot Farage.
coffeewalnut08 on
Facts. London for its size is a safe, socially cohesive city with a good economy.
pearly-satin on
i wonder how many nay-sayers actually live in london lol
S3lad0n on
I mean I moreso hate it for how much funding & support it siphons from the rest of the UK, especially rural poor areas & communities.
Also county lines, and on the other end of the spectrum 1%er Tory cunts buying second and third homes while pushing us out of our own communities.
ohmostamusing on
The worst thing about London is the suffocating rents for independent business owners and regular Joe’s trying to make a decent living. Other than that, it is amazing.
RoosterBurns on
They attack London because it’s mayor is brown and him running a city well and being popular runs counter to their white supremacism
Objective_Ticket on
I’d say that about 90% of the people who crow about how unsafe London is on their social media have never even been there…
TomatoLess229 on
I think we need to understand why London gets far more funding than other parts of England and why governments have centred most of the UK economy around London. Whether its entertainment, journalism, technology, banking industry, paying whoever works there 20-30% more and not to mention cultural like all the big free muesems. After all that investment it would be fairly ridiculous if it wasn’t successful.
ID3293 on
No, people attack London because the entire rest of the country is sacrificed on the altar of London’s success, and then people like Khan turn round and act like the rest of us should be grateful for the scraps off his table.
London should have modified income tax brackets compared to the UK as a whole
f-ette on
He’s right. London is a fantastic city.
People who talk about london like its the crime capital in the world clearly dont live here and probably have never visited either.
Khan is doing a great job imo.
Gold_Motor_6985 on
I wish the hard right wingers would ditch the moaning, and have a good look at some of the things British culture really stood for.
The first country to end (and fight to end) slavery. The emancipation movement was even driven by populist movements of ordinary folk including from Methodist christians,
the invention of liberalism with Locke and Hume,
the Battle of Bamber Bridge where racist Americans got their arses beat,
and now having one of the most successful multicultural, multiethnic, multireligious cities in the history of humanity.
Yes we had horrible parts of our history too, and not everything is perfect now either. Butm I am very lucky to be here nonetheless. And I think the good things this country did should always be remembered, because they define us now.
To me, this is a crucial part of British culture that the hard right conveniently forget. It’s something the old tories never did forget.
litivy on
Not so progressive when he’s trying to pretend he doesn’t know what rape gangs are. I wonder why he has that particular blind spot.
Heuchelei on
They’re also hateful bigots who don’t like a brown Muslim being the mayor of one of the world’s greatest cities.
JustSomeRandomGuy36 on
The mind casts to that Bridgerton star who left London out of fear and anxiety after a violent robbery. Then only months later after returning, she got punched by a stranger on the tube.
Impressive-Bird-6085 on
Khan is not wrong!! In fact he’s very much on the money there!?!!
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Saddiq Khan is in no way responsible for london, neither has he made it a better place.
Its hard to argue against this tbh, London has far lower knife crime than equivalent cities like New York, its homicide rate is now the lowest on record, and it experiences one of lowest violent crime rates of any major European capital.
Yet most people wouldn’t know this, because for some reason hostile politicians and social media present it as one of the most dangerous cities in the developed world
> Khan also labelled as “unpatriotic” those on the right of British politics who he accused of trying to tear down London “because it’s diverse, progressive, liberal, multicultural and incredibly successful”.
Damn right. You ain’t no patriot Farage.
Facts. London for its size is a safe, socially cohesive city with a good economy.
i wonder how many nay-sayers actually live in london lol
I mean I moreso hate it for how much funding & support it siphons from the rest of the UK, especially rural poor areas & communities.
Also county lines, and on the other end of the spectrum 1%er Tory cunts buying second and third homes while pushing us out of our own communities.
The worst thing about London is the suffocating rents for independent business owners and regular Joe’s trying to make a decent living. Other than that, it is amazing.
They attack London because it’s mayor is brown and him running a city well and being popular runs counter to their white supremacism
I’d say that about 90% of the people who crow about how unsafe London is on their social media have never even been there…
I think we need to understand why London gets far more funding than other parts of England and why governments have centred most of the UK economy around London. Whether its entertainment, journalism, technology, banking industry, paying whoever works there 20-30% more and not to mention cultural like all the big free muesems. After all that investment it would be fairly ridiculous if it wasn’t successful.
No, people attack London because the entire rest of the country is sacrificed on the altar of London’s success, and then people like Khan turn round and act like the rest of us should be grateful for the scraps off his table.
Progressive and successful?
https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/dvc653/index.html
London should have modified income tax brackets compared to the UK as a whole
He’s right. London is a fantastic city.
People who talk about london like its the crime capital in the world clearly dont live here and probably have never visited either.
Khan is doing a great job imo.
I wish the hard right wingers would ditch the moaning, and have a good look at some of the things British culture really stood for.
The first country to end (and fight to end) slavery. The emancipation movement was even driven by populist movements of ordinary folk including from Methodist christians,
the invention of liberalism with Locke and Hume,
the Battle of Bamber Bridge where racist Americans got their arses beat,
and now having one of the most successful multicultural, multiethnic, multireligious cities in the history of humanity.
Yes we had horrible parts of our history too, and not everything is perfect now either. Butm I am very lucky to be here nonetheless. And I think the good things this country did should always be remembered, because they define us now.
To me, this is a crucial part of British culture that the hard right conveniently forget. It’s something the old tories never did forget.
Not so progressive when he’s trying to pretend he doesn’t know what rape gangs are. I wonder why he has that particular blind spot.
They’re also hateful bigots who don’t like a brown Muslim being the mayor of one of the world’s greatest cities.
The mind casts to that Bridgerton star who left London out of fear and anxiety after a violent robbery. Then only months later after returning, she got punched by a stranger on the tube.
Khan is not wrong!! In fact he’s very much on the money there!?!!