Lefties and Centrists of London - would you consider voting against the current mayor in the next election?

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Cant get a bus down Oxford Street
Crime hasn't gone anywhere, only the phone bike thieves due to international outcry
Housing still a mess

I am a lifelong leftie, but I am not voting the current mayor in again.

Thanks for being kind in your reply, appreciate it x

I'd like you to show me the politician or political party that's genuinely even, in the history of history, been transparent about crime statistics with no agenda?

And to the OP, yes, I'll be happy to vote for him again. While I don't think he's perfect, I think overall he's doing a good job.

@Itsthepatriachy ”It all boils down to their contrived hysteria around “Shakira law”

Best typo EVER 😂😂😂😂

Hips don’t lie under Shakira law, right? 💃🏽 the eye witnesses were confused, the DNA was contaminated but the hips did not lie! No sir!

editing to add - no fightin’

As others have told you, only a small section of Oxford Street has been pedestrianised.

It runs from Orchard Street to Great Portland Street.

Selfridges is at Orchard Street.

Did you actually look into any of this or just look to start a thread to bash our mayor and criticise “lefties”?

Remind me to tell my London-based DD and DS that the late night events they go to don't actually exist.

Selfridges is 5 minutes walk from Marble Arch. It’s not in the middle of Oxford Street.

It’s also right at the end of the pedestrian area.

I am a leftie and a londoner.

Selfridges the entrance is on Oxford Street

I take the bus there each time I need to go there. I cannot do that now.

Khan has killed London nightlife!

Meaning? Granted, my clubbing days are behind me, but every gig, play, movie and restaurant seems to be mobbed pretty much every night of the week. No part of London is noticeably dead at night. Try getting a booking at a 'hot' restaurant with less than two weeks notice. We went to Hon's in Hackney Wick a few weeks ago with friends and walking down the street was like elbowing your way through a Taylor Swift concert. And my kids, whose clubbing days aren't behind them, seem to find plenty of nightlife when they're back from uni.

You think Selfridges has just one entrance?

Have you actually been to Selfridges?

The entrance that I take, close to the perfume hall and then the escalators, to the cafe, a walk i know well

Is reached by taking the bus to outside the entrance. The electric bus that doesn't harm the planet anyway

I already said - there are at least two other accessible entrances to Selfridges - Duke St and another one (I can’t recall street name but it’ll be on the website).

ah, its the usual dress up in the other army's uniform and fire bullets at his unit and exclaim I'm not shooting you, bro

Selfridges has many entrances. The pedestrianised section starts at Selfridges. You may have to walk 100m or so to get to the entrance you prefer but there will be closer entrances to the bus stop.

Orchard Street. Fully accessible entrance, the 2, 13 and 74 bus routes all stop there (I just looked it up).

Okay I dont know what to say to that

I am not a liar 😄

I mean you’ve spent ages ranting about not being able to go where you want on Oxford street but not actually looked up what section of Oxford street will be closed and how the buses will be re-routed.

It’s hard not to see your thread otherwise.

I have no issue with Khan and have not been presented with a better option.

Crime is down and I don’t care about part of Oxford Street being pedestrianised.

Is selfridges the kinda shop that anyone 'needs' to shop at

Yes I have - ive explained how I get to selfridges

And its not just selfridges - let's say i wanted to visit another shop on Oxford Street- its not possible if its not incredibly close

God, great for you that youre not disabled 🙄🙄 maybe stop trying to police how others feel about the changes

I think the thing is that sometimes there are decisions where the greater good, in this instance revitalising Oxford Street, matter more than the individual good. I'd prefer not to have a massive bunch of flats built right near my house. It will massively inconvenience me both during the build, and after, when too many people are cramming into local schools and surgeries. But I know London desperately needs housing, so I'm accepting that while I don't particularly like it, it's more important than my personal convenience.

are you aware of NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming

One of the key tenets is the subconscious tends to override the negative and this happens when you get the common email sign off of::

Please don't hesitate to call me back

I will leave this here for you to add your own strike through, if you wish

I am not a liar

Self-empowerment is paramount 😁

Oxford street has gone to shit because good quality shops cant afford the rent - now we're left with candy shops of dubious means

Pedestrianised wont change that. But it will keep people out who love to visit but cant manage the walk.

So sometimes yes we need to sacrifice. But living next to flats and being forced away from somewhere due to disability are not remotely comparable.

What?

Whatever that was, it was shit and fell flat. 🙄

Do you think you are able to speak for all people with disabilities? What about the people who find the less crowded pavements positively beneficial? Do they not count?