Khan Again

[thesshhh]

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/710977/Sadiq-Khan-London-Mayor-second-term-2020-Donald-Trump Would you vote for him this time?

[gulliver1]

Can't see what all the fuss is about . The Conservative Party are thinking of voting Sajid Javid in as there new leader , and even a future P.M

[gulliver1]

"their"

[anneasquith]

I like Mr. Javid, but PM?

[naomi24]

gulliver at 11:15, even if that's true ... and I don't know that it is ... why is it relevant here?

[dannyk13]

11.15. False news.

[naomi24]

No surprise there.

[kvalidir]

I no longer live in London full time so I won't get a vote, however tbh as Rowan says he's as good as the next person, the city is in a very negative phase, and better than the last Tory Mayor so had I been there to vote for him the first time, I might vote for him a second time. Personally I think he handled the idea of terror threats properly, he didn't panic, he didn't encourage others to panic,what did you want him to do, run around screaming that the sky is falling?

[cassa333]

Naomi, not having anything constructive to add is Gullivers modus operandi. Only there for comic relief.

[cassa333]

I don’t live in London so won’t get to vote on the future mayor but given a chance I would vote for someone willing to put their neck on the block and tackle youth and drug crime (obviously not the only problems London has but it’s a start). Zero tolerance.

Ex military or old school police type of person.

The mayor has a lovely big building to work in so I assume he does more than just sound bite media platitudes about terrorism and knife crime but he should spend his time where most needed.

[mushroom25]

//he didn't panic, he didn't encourage others to panic //

true, but he could hardly panic when his attitude to serious incidents is "it's the cost of living in London". I don't live in London but I travel frequently, and I'm not sure it's a terribly good advert for Mr Khan's city for tourists to be told "expect to be targeted".

[Gromit]

"it's the cost of living in London" and "expect to be targeted". Except Khan never said those quotes. And the misqotes were about being prepared for attacks, not in reference to the Westminster attack.

What Khan actually said in was:

//Part and parcel of living in a great global city is you’ve got to be prepared for these things, you’ve got to be vigilant, you’ve got to support the police doing an incredibly hard job. We must never accept terrorists being successful, we must never accept that terrorists can destroy our life or destroy the way we lead our lives. //

That statement is absolutely correct and proper, and I doubt anyone can disagree with it.

[-Talbot-]

Can't see anything wrong with Javid but Khan is a two-faced snake in the grass.

[vulcan42]

//Part and parcel of living in a great global city is you’ve got to be prepared for these things, you’ve got to be vigilant, you’ve got to support the police doing an incredibly hard job. We must never accept terrorists being successful, we must never accept that terrorists can destroy our life or destroy the way we lead our lives. //

Any body can come out with platitudes, what is he actually doing about it?

[Zacs-Master]

Well, he’s supposed to be doing this:
https://www.london.gov.uk/mopac-publications/mayors-knife-crime-strategy-putting-stop-knife-crime-london

[Gromit]

vulcan42
It is primarily the job of the Home Secretary to prevent Terrorism, not the Major of London.
The Mayor (and the London Assembly) are mostly involved in strategising and budget allocation. Actually doing anything about crime in the capital is the job of the Police Commisioner, Cresseda Dick.

[mushroom25]

//he’s supposed to be doing this: //

it could be early days I suppose, but with 5 recorded stabbings since that press release, not much of an effect yet.

[mushroom25]

//Actually doing anything about crime in the capital is the job of the Police Commisioner, Cresseda Dick. //

Cressida Dick is accountable to the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. wouldn't that effectively make Mr Khan her boss?

[Gromit]

Zacs,
The Knife Crime Strategy is clearly not working. In the 12 months since the Strategy was publish, Knife Crime rose by 21%. A rethink is needed.

[vulcan42]

So his job is mainly to come out with the occasional platitude and get paid for it.

[Zacs-Master]

Mmm. That’s why I covered my back with the word ‘supposed’. I was unaware of the stat you cited, Gromit so thanks for giving me a bit of perspective.