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

[Luckymum20]

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!

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.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/violent-crime-plunges-london-homicide-rate-b1247078.html

lower violent crime rate than most major European capitals, ALL US states and the rest of England and Wales….terrible mayor I tell ye

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

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!

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.

That take on Covid is utterly bizarre! 🤣🤣

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.

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

@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.

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

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.

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.

😅

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?

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.

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

Cry me a river.

39 years living and working in London here. Could you describe the "true extent of the decline" you apparently see all around you everywhere in London - and then explain how this is directly attributable to what Sadiq Khan has, or hasn't, done as Mayor since 2016?

In anticipation of your full and detailed answer. Which, as it's your lived experience, will be easy to provide, I imagine.

Sure thing. I’ll send you my slides shortly.

Let’s agree to disagree and hug it out.

Why would you need slides?

I mean, I'm not operating under the assumption that your opinion about Khan is race- or religion-based, but is actually founded on the verifiable facts since 2016. And I'm not trying to shut you down for expressing that opinion, but asking for more information, so...

As your view must be informed by what's actually happened in the past eight years, it should be easy work to explain what that view is based on, right?

He's is doing the government's job of managed decline.

The Tories wanted him to win the mayor elections because they refused to fund their candidates properly and openly celebrated Khan being re-elected.

I think central government see the decline of London as important because it helps bring it level with other regions in the UK, instead of trying to invest and improve other areas.

It's embarrassing really. I speak to foreign tourists in London and they try not to say how disappointed they are with London because they don't want to insult you.

It's quite noticeable how much Khan has made London hostile to British and foreign tourists. He is one of those politicians who think that he can milk residents dry and be unwelcome to outsiders too.

What is it that he's done that's made London hostile to tourists?

Gosh this is so much nonsense. I work with visitors to London from all over the place and they love it as much as they did 25 years ago when I started working with visitors to London.

IF London is in decline - which I dispute although I reckon the money is probably not rolling in as it once did - it's because of Brexit and the Tories and nothing else. Certainly not Sadiq Khan who has LITERALLY extended the life expectancy of my children.