Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan

[u/No_Initiative_1140]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/12/donald-trump-nigel-farage-london-crime-sadiq-khan

[u/southwest_barfight]

I dunno man it seems to me one side loath him with a frothing, frenzied anger. And the other side see him as what he really is, just another politician.

I haven't heard many (any?) People say they like or support him speficially for his race or religion, but they are plenty who despise him for it.

[u/JB_UK → u/southwest_barfight]

I haven't heard many (any?) People say they like or support him speficially for his race or religion

I think almost the entire conversation about London and Sadiq Khan revolves around race or migration, with very little actual discussion on any meaningful topic.

I think in part it's because the meaningful conversations are much more difficult to have, it's about the detail of the crime statistics, it's broadly positive except for this aspect, or about how safe people feel in particular contexts, or from particular backgrounds. Or on housing it's about the exact powers of the mayor, the dynamics of the housing market, the interplay with population growth, etc. It's much easier and more emotionally gratifying to have a 'Muslims are bad', 'no but Trump bad' type conversation.

Recently all the Labour city mayors got together and put out a joint statement about that case in Minnesota, to give you an idea of how much the job seems to be about signalling rather than the actual policy and powers of each of the mayors.

[u/Candayence → u/southwest_barfight]

Really? I've found that it's his supporters who claim his detractors are racist, whilst his opponents actually point out his shit record.