Sadiq Khan. Can anyone tell me something positive about what he has done?

Yes I also laugh that he is apparently implementing “Shariah law” in London - Shariah law states that thieves get their hand chopped off. I think the phone theft issue plaguing London wouldn’t be so rife if we were actually living under Shariah law.

We shouldn’t laugh though because the absolutely BONKERS right wing fake news machine is actually a tragedy for democracy.

Done a far better job than previous mayors.

ULEZ was bloody brilliant and unpopular but changed London for the better - it’s a liveable, healthy city now. I really admire a politician who can hold firm and implement policies for the greater good despite naysayers and vested interests.

Yes...Instigated by a man who insists on a cavalcade of range rovers to chauffeur him everywhere (this isnt hyperbole - it's literal)

The hypocrisy is just painful.

90 closed under Boris Johnson. Just a few more than several.

It just shows how widespread the right-wing propaganda machine really is, doesn't it.

Has it? 😂 I've been travelling into central London to work for nearly 20 years - aside from scooters and phone theft, it's really much the same as it ever was.

I always wonder why trolls go on about how London has fallen, when there are literally millions of people living their lives there every day.

Dear me , is this the Trump bandwagon?

Rabbitholes are risky places. The light is bad and it tricks you. You should never go down one without one of those X Files style torches and your critical thinking hat on.

I don't think you took those precautions, OP. So ask yourself - why do you want to believe all the bad stuff? The drop in air pollution alone is a huge positive achievement that is saving people's lives - disproportionate numbers of those lives are those of children.

I live in Greater London. We don’t have the tube but transport links are good. I don’t think Khan is doing a good job but the lack of tube isn’t a reason

Of course I do. I live here. He has failed to tackle crime. And completely failed to grab hold of the recent tube strike which caused absolute misery.

@PinkArtI don’t live in the UK but it’s astonishing how well known he is and how badly he’s misrepresented abroad. I remember a Belgian friend telling me it was reported he’d changed the advertising rules because he was Muslim and thought women’s bodies shouldn’t be on display. A French neighbour insists he’s solely responsible for all anti sémitismes in London.

Really interesting to hear so many positive stories.

Already mentioned by others but apprecigreatly by me also:

Not paying again when you change buses (blew my mind that you had to before, u like anywhere else I've ever lived

Free school meals for primary school children

ULEZ/improved air quality. As the parent of an asthmatic child this is the biggest one.

I'm sure there ar others. I have a generally good impression of him, and anyone I know who has actually met him (I know a fair few people who have through work) haven't had a bad word to say about him. Whether you agree with his policies or not, he seems like someone who is generally in it for the right reasons imo

Ulez has been a game changer for health

Superloop is great

he understands normal Londoners and how to help us

pedestrianiding Oxford street next

free school meals

parks and green space improvements

he’s great!

ULEZ has been a very positive thing for London, if you aren’t from London - why do you care? What an odd (and misinformed) post.

If you consider Mayor Khan a buffoon, WTF did you think of Alexander Pfeffel Boris Johnson, the buffoon’s buffoon?

Ulez is amazing - the expansion has made all the difference.

I am so impressed with Khan for toughing out a policy that even the leader of his party refused to back him on (Starmer, you coward). Khan stood up for London's children in the face of some epic whining.

I used to have spare inhalers in my bag for 4 or 5 of the children I teach. Last year - none. This year - one. The air is just noticeably cleaner.

Free school meals, better cycle lanes, the Superloop, bus hopper fares and fares kept low.

But clean air - that is very hard to beat.

So true. Where was the OP when Joe Anderson was taking and/or giving back handers?

Sadiq has been elected for mayor three consecutive terms. So clearly doing something right (ULEZ, free school meals, bus hopper etc).

There are other ways to travel

I assume you mean Outer London? I live in a South London borough about a mile from Surrey and there are loads of buses and trains.

Any mayor is not going to be universally popular with everyone all the time. But the vibes from some of the social media posts and videos are way over the top in the way they present the situation in London and the performance of the mayor.

But has funded an additional 1,300 police officers from city hall's budget.

In addition:

Expansion of ULEZ
Renter protection and avenues to pursue rogue landlords
quadrupled the budget to help rough sleepers
planted half a million trees
affordable housing

Which of these achievements do you think are shit, OP?

Do you actually know what are his powers and responsibilities? And if you do which of his duties in your oppinion he really has done badly.

No answer then?

How about in Greater London?

But of course why should he give a shit about us. We don’t vote for him.

The congestion charge is a tax on the poor. If you’re rich enough it’s fine to pollute apparently but if not fuck you.
and if you live in Greater London there’s no tubes and public transport is not great.

Is that you, Donald? Don’t you have bigger fish to fry, ie, your current government shutdown and the Kansas & Arkansas farmers who will lose their farms because China stopped buying their soybeans thanks to your tariff games, and USAID was a big purchaser of wheat, which Elon cut?