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

Yes. A load of poppycock. I actually live here and see the horrific crime here. London is not safe.

Born, bred and lived in London for 34 years of life. Nothing Khan has done has been detrimental as a resident

I refuse to accept any random opinion from anyone who hasn't lived in London during his tenure, and has formed their opinions on videos on YouTube.

That is a very, very lazy assumption. It doesn’t matter what religion he follows, he is not doing London any favours whatsoever and needs to be replaced. I’m struggling to see how taxing the life out of London is helping anyone..

So did Jimmy Savile.

Yes. A load of poppycock. I actually live here and see the horrific crime here. London is not safe.

I genuinely believe a number of his detractors simply have a huge issue with a Muslim mayor of London (you see that with Trump’s obsession with him too.)

When I lived and worked in London (1980s), it was commonplace among my colleagues to carry a second purse or wallet with a £5 note and a couple of out of date cards in, so that you could hand it over without any significant inconvenience if you got mugged . We worked in a borough with a high rate of street crime and regularly had evening meetings that went on till near midnight.

My London-dwelling nieces and nephews look at me as though I'm mad when I tell them this. They don't think twice about that sort of thing.

I genuinely believe a number of his detractors simply have a huge issue with a Muslim mayor of London (you see that with Trump’s obsession with him too.)

So the stats are just made up, are they? It must be frustrating when reality doesn’t conform to your prejudices.

So people who are pro him are listing his achievements and posting links, and the few that are opposed are arguing points based on these facts -‘he’s odious’, ‘thick as mince’.

Don't we all love a good discussion.

I can understand people disagreeing with his politics and policies, but I am puzzled by the personal attacks. I know that his run ins with Susan Hill are spun as misogyny, while her attacks on him are spun as not-racism, but how has he shown himself to be despicable, vile, thick…..?

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.

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!

There are definitely a lot more racist/far right posts on here than there used to be. Not sure if it is simply a reflection of society as a whole, and people feeling emboldened to express their racist views, or whether MN is being actively targeted. A bit of both, maybe.

MNHQ don't seem bothered by it. I think the extreme views generate more clicks and therefore more advertising revenue, so it's in their interests to let it happen.

I did delete my account a while ago because I was frustrated with MNHQ's indifference and seeing so much bile on a daily basis was messing with my mental health. But I decided to come back after a bit of a break because we need as many voices as possible to drown out the racist noise.

I am not a fan and live in a Tory borough and voted for Susan Hall but one effect is that I now drive on different roads (I have a diesel 2014 car) so in a sense a poor road rather than a rich road so he has definitely affected my driving and where I go. I probably do save a bit of money as cannot go to Waitgrose now due to one of the vast nukmber of ulez cameras - the ulez area ends across my road at the 200 acre wood (we are almost rural but within ulez).

Very interesting! And I’m pleased to hear it. So nobody is destroying ULEZ cameras round you neck of the woods? On local social media I have even seen a map of where the cameras are and which ones are working and which ones are not working.

Only in the couple of local boroughs full of reform supporter types. None in my borough or neighbouring one. The ones destroying ULEZ cameras are now being kept busy hanging Temu flags on lamp posts.

Very interesting! And I’m pleased to hear it. So nobody is destroying ULEZ cameras round you neck of the woods? On local social media I have even seen a map of where the cameras are and which ones are working and which ones are not working.

Yes far more of these type of threads. MN has always been a bit of rough and tumble but the tone has darkened considerably lately. I log in far less than usual as a result.