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

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Luckymum20 · 08/10/2025 19:20

So the past few days I've unfortunately gone down a bit of a rabbit hole of clips about the Mayor of London.

From what I have seen the man is an utter buffoon who has done nothing to improve London, in fact quite the opposite.

Strikes increasing. Homelessness increasing. Crime - off the charts. Congestion zone charges etc.

And don't get me started on the deputy who seems to be from another planet!

I am not from London, so just wondering if anyone at all has anything positive at all to say about this catastrophe of man!

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LaurieFairyCake · 08/10/2025 19:36

Love my superloop so much !

Bambamhoohoo · 08/10/2025 19:36

I mean, I know the hate around him is racism but I find the narrative baffling.

what did Ken Livingston do? What Boris Johnson do? What do people actually expect mayors to do??

londoners like him a lot- but we do tend to be less racist than the rest of the country

LaurieFairyCake · 08/10/2025 19:36

He’s bloody brilliant ^^ all of the above and massively improved air quality where I am

yes we all hate low traffic neighbourhoods but tough fucking shit, we have to suck it up or literally die

Aliceisagooddog · 08/10/2025 19:35

Don't swallow the racist crap people post about SK. He has actually helped ordinary Londoners, including free school meals and cheaper travel.

Strictlycomeparent · 08/10/2025 19:34

Universal free school meals for primary school children- saved me an absolute fortune and so much saved time too. As a working mum I’m very grateful.

BrunchBarBandit · 08/10/2025 19:34

I campaigned with him during the 2015 General Election when he was MP for Tooting. I lived in a neighbouring constituency and he regularly came over to help canvass on behalf of our candidate. I know him as a very likeable, energetic, public-serving Londoner. He’s always been relentlessly positive about London as the greatest city in the world and I think he’s been a fantastic mayor and champion. I like him a lot.

Thortour · 08/10/2025 19:34

ULEZ
Superloop Buses
Baker Loop
Housing
Extention of the ULEZ

bookworm14 · 08/10/2025 19:33

And violent crime in London is falling, and has been for years.

bookworm14 · 08/10/2025 19:32

You might want to ask yourself, OP, why there are so many videos about how awful he is from people who don’t even live in London. What is it about him specifically that makes them so angry?

Whatafustercluck · 08/10/2025 19:32

I don't know much about what he's done, but he must be very popular, and have done quite a lot of good things, to be elected three times surely?

NebulousWhistler · 08/10/2025 19:32

I can’t stand him but he’s planning on pedestrianising Oxford St which I think is great.

MissKitty0 · 08/10/2025 19:31

A lot of the crime in London is due to migration, which Khan doesn’t control. If anything it’s more the Tories fault we’ve had a surge of crime after their 14 years of mass migration.

LavenderBlue19 · 08/10/2025 19:31

What is the source of those videos, OP? And what agenda do you think the maker of them might have?

NinaGeiger · 08/10/2025 19:29

There was an ongoing TFL strike before he started as Mayor which he resolved straight away.
Improving air pollution and free school meals

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 08/10/2025 19:28

Two bus journeys within an hour, only charged for one.

Rosecoffeecup · 08/10/2025 19:27

Free school meals, cleaner air, transport improvements like the superloop (a bloody god send)