London mayor elections - who are you voting for

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I've done a search but haven't seen anything posted recently.

I don't understand the hatred for Kahn. Around here facebook is full of people raging about him, but he's still ahead in the polls. So there are some who like him, but they aren't as vocal as the haters.

I've just spent a few minutes reading about Susan Hall 😦, surely she can't be the better candidate?

Do you live in London?

I don't recognise that at all.

I don't like Sadiq khan...I was against the ulez expansion and dislike the anti car lobby. Susan Hall is extremely inarticulate though...she really doesn't appear to be the brightest to put it mildly.

I might go along and spoil my ballot

A protest could be voting for Count Binface.

What's the grassroots problem with knife crime in London that Khan isn't putting money into?

Torybot

I'm afraid I can't take your word because I simply don't recognise London as being an 'out of control war zone'. Yes, knife crime is an issue, but the vast majority of reported stabbings are drug- and gang-related. Extra policing would go a long way to tackling that, but it's the Govt who funds putting extra officers on the beat, not Khan.

Susan Hall went on television and lied blatantly about having been robbed on the Tube. She was trying to paint a picture of a lawless Underground and only doubled down when it was proved that she's lied. Horrible woman.
I'll be voting for Sadiq. It wasn't him that got rid of 20,000 police and closed dozens of fire stations. He's hampered by a Tory Government that hates him and seems to hate our city.
I've lived and worked in East London for 40 years. War Zone, my arse.

Either way it comes down to the Tories.

Intrigued that people think Susan Hall might make things better - what, by getting tough on foreigners?

A friend of mine who's from London is going to either spoil her ballot or hold her nose and vote for Susan Hall. She's not a Tory but she doesn't want Sadiq Khan to win (although she thinks he will).

She wrote to him asking for help when she tried to leave her abusive (D)H. His office replied claiming he has no responsibility for housing (she needed somewhere to go) but also he didn't offer any kind of help at all.

I don't know how much responsibility he has for London's housing but he's made it a part of his election campaign, including claiming to have (started, not completed) building more council homes. Affordable housing schemes in London also say something like funded by or supported by 'Mayor of London' on their websites.

By contrast, in the past I've written to my MP. Something less serious than DV. I got a call from the secretary asking what she could do to help and offering to contact some people for me. I would've expected the London mayor to do similar for a a Londoner contacting him needing help. Especially as he's made a big thing about both housing and VAWG in his election campaign.

I acknowledge my post is a 2nd hand story but I've seen my friend's correspondence to and from Sadiq Khan's office. There was no empathy for my friend's situation and absolutely no help.

I've never heard of anyone writing to the mayor for that kind of thing. MP yes, mayor nope. What did she think he could do?

There were some affordable housing schemes that said something like 'funded by the Mayor of London'. He's also claiming in his election campaign that he's helping 'house Londoners'. Clearly not.

Also he's made a big thing about being concerned about VAWG. You'd expect him to try to help a woman needing help to leave DV.

What is the point of a London mayor if he's not going to help Londoners who need help?

How funny- I was just reading this when my bigoted FIL (who lives outside of London) phoned my husband to check we weren't "voting for that Khan and all his Muslim mates". DH informed FIL that we would be due to our support for ULEZ and the way it has improved air quality here (we live very near a busy A Road) and the universal free school meal situation which has really helped us out during this COL crisis. FIL said more racist stuff and hung up. That's who's against Khan, those type of twats. Thanks FIL for being my barometer of how Not to Be.

There's a difference in scale. I'm not sure the Mayor is able to be available to do stuff on an individual level - I think that's more of an MP role. Surely his remit is the bigger picture?

Mind you some people will blame him no matter what - police cuts, all sorts that actual come from higher up.

I don't see how it's defendable that he didn't even try to do anything, even if just contacting and liasing with other services, to help a desperate woman in need of safety.

Especially as he claims (whether truthfully or not) to be responsible for and achieving 'housing for Londoners', and caring about VAWG.

If he's lying about those above responsibilities and apparent achievements, it's a disgusting thing to lie about. Also, what's the point of him if he can't or won't help vulnerable people he's elected to serve?

My bit of London (Brent) and the places I visit most often (apart from central London, mostly Hackney) aren’t remotely like a war zone.

I’ll be voting for Khan because I think he’s represented my city as well as anyone could have in the face of this government and the austerity it’s foisted on us. Also Susan Hall is dreadful.

So nowhere on the letters he sent back did he tell your friend to contact the emergency housing department of the borough she lives in?

As @Mountainfin says, it's not his remit to sort out housing for individuals. And "Funded by the Mayor of London" means funded by the office of Mayor, not him personally. It's a marketing strapline.

Exactly Bookworm. But I think that was me, not @Mountainfin 😊

Would anyone expect the PM to get involved in individual housing issues, given that he ultimately has responsibility for housing in the country? No because it's not his remit.

Sorry! Replied to the wrong person.

Expecting the Mayor to get involved in an individual's housing situation is like expecting the Met Commissioner to come round himself to investigate a burglary, or the head of NHS London to personally book you a GP appointment. Being top dog doesn't mean you do everything!

I am voting Khan because frankly the Tory candidate is absolutely atrocious. Thick as pig shit and an all round horror.
The tories need to field better candidates if they want to remove Mr Khan from power.

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Khan for me.

I like the freeze on TFL fares and initiatives like the hopper fare. I'm also a supporter of restricting car use in the capital so I'm in support of ULEZ.

I don't recognise the "dirty warzone" that some people are describing!

Not a Londoner but watching with interest

I can get that some people might be pissed off with Khan for ulez (though I think it’s a great idea possibly not well executed) but how anyone could vote for Susan Hall is beyond me. Even by today’s Tory standards she really is awful. She isn’t even articulate. Vote bin face rather than her, please

I’m in GM and voting for Andy Burnham obv

True. The only way I can see her making it better for Londoners is if she moved or as a speed bump?