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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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Yesshadow · 10/10/2025 14:56

SnackQueen · 10/10/2025 13:48

Lots and lots of people on this chat are very happy with the current Mayor and the state of the city under his watch. That’s wonderful and that’s your opinion and you are more than entitled to hold it. There are some of us that feel very differently. If your immediate response to someone you disagree with is to insult or demean them or throw unfounded and defamatory accusations such as racism or religious animosity towards them without any proof as a way of shutting them down, is it really any wonder they get upset and exasperated?

So many awful events of late should surely serve to remind us all the importance of allowing all voices and all views to air. Shutting people down, shaming them into silence or punishing those you don’t agree with is not the way forward.

You’ve not appeared particularly ‘shut down’ on this thread tbf. More prolific I’d say

charliehungerford · 10/10/2025 14:53

JHound · 10/10/2025 11:57

So most of those who could be bothered to get off their arse and vote, chose to keep Khan in power.

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No, he received less than 50% of the vote from the people who could be bothered, 56% of those who voted chose an alternative candidate. But that’s how our system works. It’s the same reason we have a government that two thirds of voters didn’t vote for.

SuffolkSun · 10/10/2025 14:50

SnackQueen · 10/10/2025 13:48

Lots and lots of people on this chat are very happy with the current Mayor and the state of the city under his watch. That’s wonderful and that’s your opinion and you are more than entitled to hold it. There are some of us that feel very differently. If your immediate response to someone you disagree with is to insult or demean them or throw unfounded and defamatory accusations such as racism or religious animosity towards them without any proof as a way of shutting them down, is it really any wonder they get upset and exasperated?

So many awful events of late should surely serve to remind us all the importance of allowing all voices and all views to air. Shutting people down, shaming them into silence or punishing those you don’t agree with is not the way forward.

Well, you (and the other posters) who believe that Khan is a terrible Mayor who has "destroyed" London could always post fact-based links demonstrating how - and in what areas - this is true. But as none of the anti-Khan posters have bothered to establish that opinion is based in verifiable fact....

Care to provide examples of how you have been "shamed into silence" or "punished" on this thread for expressing your point of view?

PandoraSocks · 10/10/2025 14:45

Ginmonkeyagain · 10/10/2025 13:52

@scorpiogirly Shit! Sadiq Khan has decimated London? He's killed every tenth one of us? Gosh I am sure I would have noticed that. If nothing else I would have got a seat on tube this morning.

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placemats · 10/10/2025 14:39

beguilingeyes · 10/10/2025 14:09

I did.get.a.seat.on the tube this morning, so perhaps it's true....
I've lived in London for 43 years, escaped from rural Somerset and I bloody love it.
I live in East London and work in Whitechapel so I'm not in some gated enclave. I think he's been a great mayor. I voted for him and will do so again. London is better by any way imaginable since the 80s, when there wasn't even any such thing as a travel card, let alone an Oyster.

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If I won the lottery I'd spend the rest of my days in London in a modest home. Brilliant city and Sadiq Khan has immeasurably elevated it, of that there's no doubt.

beguilingeyes · 10/10/2025 14:09

Ginmonkeyagain · 10/10/2025 13:52

@scorpiogirly Shit! Sadiq Khan has decimated London? He's killed every tenth one of us? Gosh I am sure I would have noticed that. If nothing else I would have got a seat on tube this morning.

I did.get.a.seat.on the tube this morning, so perhaps it's true....
I've lived in London for 43 years, escaped from rural Somerset and I bloody love it.
I live in East London and work in Whitechapel so I'm not in some gated enclave. I think he's been a great mayor. I voted for him and will do so again. London is better by any way imaginable since the 80s, when there wasn't even any such thing as a travel card, let alone an Oyster.

OwlBeThere · 10/10/2025 13:53

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!

Not be Boris Johnson.
That’s good enough for me.

Ginmonkeyagain · 10/10/2025 13:52

@scorpiogirly Shit! Sadiq Khan has decimated London? He's killed every tenth one of us? Gosh I am sure I would have noticed that. If nothing else I would have got a seat on tube this morning.

FallingIntoAutumn · 10/10/2025 13:51

Northerlad · 10/10/2025 12:35

I don't know about others but there seems to be a concerted effort by the far right to infiltrate non political chats and websites. I am on some sporting chats and I keep seeing weird attacks on people like Sadiq in completely unrelated posts. All very concerning and this post made me think about that.

I agree. It’s the same on other platforms. Just one line shouting some random unfounded or completely out of context rubbish.
worrying really

SnackQueen · 10/10/2025 13:48

Lots and lots of people on this chat are very happy with the current Mayor and the state of the city under his watch. That’s wonderful and that’s your opinion and you are more than entitled to hold it. There are some of us that feel very differently. If your immediate response to someone you disagree with is to insult or demean them or throw unfounded and defamatory accusations such as racism or religious animosity towards them without any proof as a way of shutting them down, is it really any wonder they get upset and exasperated?

So many awful events of late should surely serve to remind us all the importance of allowing all voices and all views to air. Shutting people down, shaming them into silence or punishing those you don’t agree with is not the way forward.

CurlewKate · 10/10/2025 13:43

TheCatsTongue · 10/10/2025 11:32

London has become a dump since Khan has been mayor.

Will never forget his attempts to make sure no one ever visited London during covid and then his desperate attempts to get everyone back in London to spend money after he spent years telling everyone to fuck off.

That take on Covid is utterly bizarre! 🤣🤣

LavenderBlue19 · 10/10/2025 13:07

SnackQueen · 10/10/2025 11:15

@LavenderBlue19 How wonderful for you to be able to travel into central London for workies and escape at the end of the day. Must be nice. Some of us actually live and work here and have to experience the true extent of its decline all day every day day and night and have done so for far longer than your 20 years of window view workies. I have zero patience for people who have the audacity to throw the troll label at others simply because they hold strong views based on their lived experience.

How weirdly rude and angry you are. I have no desire to live in London because my family are elsewhere, but masses of my colleagues and friends do and I have plenty of strong views based on lived experience of my own and knowledge of others' experiences, thanks.

The reality is that you see 'London is fallen' bollocks all over social media at the moment. It's very clearly part of a concerted right-wing campaign to spread fear and disruption. Fairly sure it's funded by Putin, at the source. This thread shows the vast majority of people who live (and work) in London are happy with Khan. He's a decent bloke who loves London and has made some great changes over the many years he's been mayor.

Ketzele · 10/10/2025 12:50

TheCatsTongue · 10/10/2025 11:32

London has become a dump since Khan has been mayor.

Will never forget his attempts to make sure no one ever visited London during covid and then his desperate attempts to get everyone back in London to spend money after he spent years telling everyone to fuck off.

Following government policy, you mean?

Look, he's become a bogeyman, a cipher for popular fears about race and diversity. Most of his critics don't even seem to know what his powers are. Must be infuriating that Londoners keep voting him back in!

Yesshadow · 10/10/2025 12:37

Northerlad · 10/10/2025 12:35

I don't know about others but there seems to be a concerted effort by the far right to infiltrate non political chats and websites. I am on some sporting chats and I keep seeing weird attacks on people like Sadiq in completely unrelated posts. All very concerning and this post made me think about that.

Indeed. Anyone that thinks these efforts aren’t concerted is a fool

Northerlad · 10/10/2025 12:35

I don't know about others but there seems to be a concerted effort by the far right to infiltrate non political chats and websites. I am on some sporting chats and I keep seeing weird attacks on people like Sadiq in completely unrelated posts. All very concerning and this post made me think about that.

Yesshadow · 10/10/2025 12:31

I live in South East London and I fucking love it here! Anecdotally, I’ve never felt unsafe. Looking at actual research, I am safer than I’ve ever been. There is a problem with shoplifting but that is UK wide.

SocksAndTheCity · 10/10/2025 12:14

I live and work in London, @SnackQueen , and I've made my views clear.

JHound · 10/10/2025 12:14

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 10/10/2025 12:12

"It's all over twitter and facebook"

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😆😆

JHound · 10/10/2025 12:14

PandoraSocks · 08/10/2025 20:20

It is a mystery, isn't it? Often you find that the same people go on about Londonistan and no go areas.

What could the connection be 🤔

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Absolute mystery.

Maybe it needs the collective might of Sherlock Holmes, Hercules Poirot and Colombo to solve it…

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 10/10/2025 12:12

JHound · 10/10/2025 12:09

Their source is: “Dude, Trust Me”.

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"It's all over twitter and facebook"

JHound · 10/10/2025 12:12

Gymrabbit · 08/10/2025 20:19

literally no idea where all these Khan lovers are coming from. Pretty much everyone in Greater London thinks he’s awful.
If Greater London was split from Inner (which it should be) he would never win in the outer parts as he is always trounced by the conservatives (despite most of their candidates being utterly useless)
And it’s because of things like this-
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-budget-city-hall-met-police-tube-mayoral-election-susan-hall-b1133141.html

he absolutely hates women and there are numerous videos of him in the assembly speaking to them like shit.

“Yes if we split the parts that vote for him from the parts that’s don’t vote him then in the parts that don’t vote for him he would lose”….

Some of these posts….😆

BIossomtoes · 10/10/2025 12:11

JHound · 10/10/2025 12:09

Their source is: “Dude, Trust Me”.

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Otherwise known as madeupiom.

JHound · 10/10/2025 12:09

mumwheresmyribena · 10/10/2025 09:42

So how do you know crime is increasing? If it's not reported, what are you basing your accusations on?

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Their source is: “Dude, Trust Me”.

JHound · 10/10/2025 12:07

FoodFor · 10/10/2025 09:41

You can see the "benefits" of multiculturalism in London.

I know. It’s fantastic - I love that about London. The diversity.

Although London’s diversity has nothing to do with Khan.