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!

Sounds like you're better off staying in your little echo chamber and only engage with people who agree with you.

mad how someone who doesn't lives here and doesn't experience London daily has decided he's a catastrophe

Violent crime is still falling. 🤷‍♀️

https://www.london.gov.uk/violent-crime-leading-injury-falling-every-london-borough

Get off social media.

Go for a walk.

Read a classic novel.

Stop posting reform clickbait opinions.

Please never come to London and keep your ignorance in whatever benighted part of the provinces you live in.*

*Joking for anyone who is about to get on their high horse about arrogant Londoners.

OP do you live under a bridge? Because I’m starting to think you do.

Even better: put Mumsnet down and urgently go watch a whole bunch of puppy/kitten videos! Hopefully this will change your algorithm from angry Sadiq Khan videos to something happy 🤣

He’s an odious man who is literally conning all of London who don’t see what he’s really doing.

My sentiments exactly 👏

What is he really doing? Do enlighten us.

Gasp! So now he is even causing train strikes in Cumbria from his evil lair in That London! Is there no end to his villainy 🤣🤣🤣

+1

And also things that don't benefit us that much but are fun, like big public celebrations for different cultures in Trafalgar Square (Diwali this weekend) and the street decorations/lights for Eid, plus giving permission for the Big Orange Baby balloon 😂 👍

Is it just me or there more right wing/hate threads recently? Sadiq Khan is brilliant. He has introduced new bus routes that have changed my life for the better: ULEZ has helped to clean up the air (in comparison, I was in Greece on holiday during the summer and the pollution was over-powering) and I feel crime is a lot better than it could be in a major city. I think he’s done a great job. I wonder how many of these rabbit hole videos are being posted by people trying to stir up trouble for their own ends…….

@Linenpickle HAVE YOU EVEN BEEN ON THE SUPERLOOP? It’s magical.

Honestly, the man is a fairly unexciting, soft-leftish Labour politician who has succeeded in some areas and done less well in others. He’s broadly liked in London, which is the only area where his popularity should be relevant. It’s fascinating and depressing that so many people seem to view him as some sort of moustache-twirling supervillain.

If you're not from London, why do you care? I love here and think he's great.

Some of the things that PPs have listed as Sadiq Khan’s achievements aren’t his at all.

He became Mayor of London in 2016.

Elizabeth line - construction started in 2009, way before he was mayor. It is purely coincidence that it opened during his term. I mean, if you are going to list that as one of his achievements, you should surely also attribute the 3 year delay and £4bn overspend to him as well. (Yes, I know they were nothing to do with him - but that’s the point, isn’t it).

ULEZ - was proposed by Boris Johnson in 2014 and originally scheduled to start in 2020. Admittedly Khan pushed ahead with it, but it was not his idea.

Some tube drivers are also RMT members and so the RMT does organise underground driver strikes. There have been plenty of tube strikes since Khan became mayor! and as he is ultimately in charge of TfL, yes, they come under his remit. But tube drivers would strike no matter who was mayor, they always want more and more money, so 🤷‍♀️

He’s not as terrible as some people make out, but he’s certainly not as good as some people seem to think either.

Is it just me or there more right wing/hate threads recently

Not just you.

Oh yeah, his secret plan to boost the economy and make every Londoner better off. I forgot to mention that

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-london-growth-plan-jobs-boost-economy-productivity-b1213492.html

@Holdonforsummer Spot on. There have been for a while. I really think it’s a sustained and organised thing.

I really, REALLY, want to go on the superloop. I'm saving it for my birthday 😀

@RockaLock If you think Johnson would have pushed the ULEZ through then you are as mad as a box of frogs.

I've lived here for 40-odd years and sometimes I can't believe it myself. It's incredible and keeps getting better, Superloop etc (whoever came up with Bakerloop is a genius).

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.