Increased Crime in London

[said]

Due to the fact that there has been much publicity about the increase of crime in London, and that the Mayor of London has been oddly silent about resolving the issue - as he has been over various affairs relating to British politics - it brings into question as to his election as a Mayor of London.

During this election, which was overshadowed by other political events - the largest borough of London, Barnet, a Conservative stronghold - where the people are predominantly white and of Jewish faith - were denied their right to vote due to Councils receiving the wrong voting lists.

Khan won the vote with 56% of the vote - for a Mayor it requires more than 50%. Considering that his past history shows that Khan had often had meetings with dubious Muslim leaders, was shown as a speaker in a meeting where women and men were segregated and after a large protest on the streets of London publicly denounced Trump for being anti Muslim, and stated that he, Khan, had to consider his own friends and family.

Was the election for the London mayor an honest election? Was the right person elected for the position?

[Hamble]

Due to the fact that there has been much publicity about the increase of crime in London, and that the Mayor of London has been oddly silent about resolving the issue - as he has been over various affairs relating to British politics - it brings into question as to his election as a Mayor of London.

During this election, which was overshadowed by other political events - the largest borough of London, Barnet, a Conservative stronghold - where the people are predominantly white and of Jewish faith - were denied their right to vote due to Councils receiving the wrong voting lists.

Khan won the vote with 56% of the vote - for a Mayor it requires more than 50%. Considering that his past history shows that Khan had often had meetings with dubious Muslim leaders, was shown as a speaker in a meeting where women and men were segregated and after a large protest on the streets of London publicly denounced Trump for being anti Muslim, and stated that he, Khan, had to consider his own friends and family.

Was the election for the London mayor an honest election? Was the right person elected for the position?

Have you evidence Jewish voters were denied a vote?

There are not enough Jewish voters to sway any election in London so I am sure Khan won as the Labour Party candidate he got the most votes.

The fact he has turned out to be useless and not delivered on his election promises justly deserves his nickname 'Khant'.

*Any other variation of 'khant' does not count if it does not rhyme.*

[Hamble]

Petition to remove Khan failed.


https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/209711

[Albion102]

Have you evidence Jewish voters were denied a vote?

There are not enough Jewish voters to sway any election in London so I am sure Khan won as the Labour Party candidate he got the most votes.

The fact he has turned out to be useless and not delivered on his election promises justly deserves his nickname 'Khant'.

*Any other variation of 'khant' does not count if it does not rhyme.*

Sone things rhyme in London that don't up here

[Hamble]

Sone things rhyme in London that don't up here

True!

[Little Londoner]

Funnily enough Amber Rudd stated most categorically that the "austerity cuts in policing" had no effect on the increase in violent crime. Then just as her mouth had closed a "leaked" Home Office document said that the cuts HAD influenced the increase in violent crime.

Funny old world isn't it ? We can't have a Tory Minister telling porkies so I suppose it is ALL Labours fault. We really need another Guido Fawkes preferably a successful one.

[silver fox]

Funnily enough Amber Rudd stated most categorically that the "austerity cuts in policing" had no effect on the increase in violent crime. Then just as her mouth had closed a "leaked" Home Office document said that the cuts HAD influenced the increase in violent crime.

Funny old world isn't it ? We can't have a Tory Minister telling porkies so I suppose it is ALL Labours fault. We really need another Guido Fawkes preferably a successful one.

In certain minds everything wrong is Labour's fault, the ideological austerity as pursued by the Tories has nothing to do with it

I'm far from young, but two things I have learned over the years, all politicians of any flavour need careful watching and never under any circumstances trust a Tory.

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Funnily enough Amber Rudd stated most categorically that the "austerity cuts in policing" had no effect on the increase in violent crime. Then just as her mouth had closed a "leaked" Home Office document said that the cuts HAD influenced the increase in violent crime.

Funny old world isn't it ? We can't have a Tory Minister telling porkies so I suppose it is ALL Labours fault. We really need another Guido Fawkes preferably a successful one.

It could also be said that the rise in crime was created after the media claimed that there were cuts in manpower in the Police Force - the young Chavs decided to take advantage.

As I understand it, there are now more Police Officers employed than there were before Blair's terms in office. To attract votes, Blair had told the electorate that he would be increasing the numbers of officers on the streets to reduce the rising crime levels. Blair did just that. He employed more Police Officers than New York had. When it came to his second term in office he realised that the economy would not support the continued expense of so many Police, and he began reducing the numbers. Having more Police on the streets had no effect on the crime rates. When May took over, Police personnel were distributed to various roles to create a more efficient force, including cyber crime, etc., and there were more Community Police employed than ever before. There have not been any actual Police cuts - but the Police have been distributed to form various agencies, i.e. The Matrix Team.

[silver fox]

It could also be said that the rise in crime was created after the media claimed that there were cuts in manpower in the Police Force - the young Chavs decided to take advantage.

As I understand it, there are now more Police Officers employed than there were before Blair's terms in office. To attract votes, Blair had told the electorate that he would be increasing the numbers of officers on the streets to reduce the rising crime levels. Blair did just that. He employed more Police Officers than New York had. When it came to his second term in office he realised that the economy would not support the continued expense of so many Police, and he began reducing the numbers. Having more Police on the streets had no effect on the crime rates. When May took over, Police personnel were distributed to various roles to create a more efficient force, including cyber crime, etc., and there were more Community Police employed than ever before. There have not been any actual Police cuts - but the Police have been distributed to form various agencies, i.e. The Matrix Team.

You need to check your sources, police numbers peaked in 2009, the cuts started under the "coalition" government, plus of course other agencies which are active in the social side of crime prevention have been cut to ribbons. Just to keep you up to date Blair stepped down in 2007, of course I can fully understand how he cut police numbers in 2010


Currently numbers are about 20,000 down on the 2009 peak, while at the same time the number of officers devoted to anti-terrorism has grown, where do you think the officers in these units have come from? they aren't extra officers, they have simply been transferred from other front line units, another side note there are more police officers on "sick" leave than ever before, mainly due to stress and fatigue, can't imagine why can you?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...ge-bill-frozen

[Hamble]

Stop and search declined because lefties and pressure groups complained about civil liberties.

[silver fox]

Stop and search declined because lefties and pressure groups complained about civil liberties.

You may just find that the people who campaigned against indiscriminate stop and searches are a very mixed bag comprised of academics, legal people, social workers, youth workers from all walks of life, hardly a bunch of "lefties". Their main concern not civil liberties at all, but mainly that the practice was alienating the very people who could possibly help the police and of course creating mistrust and destroying confidence in the police.

While you're at it read the comment from you're hero while Home Sec.

"" I have long been concerned about the use of stop-and-search. Although it is undoubtedly an important police power, when misused it can be counter-productive. First, it can be an enormous waste of police time. Secondly, when innocent people are stopped and searched for no good reason, it is hugely damaging to the relationship between the police and the public. In those circumstances it is an unacceptable affront to justice.

Rt Hon Theresa May, Home Secretary ""

I presume you are basing your comments on a single article in the Times which tried to lay the cause for increasing knife crime in London on the reduction in stop and search, that article was roundly rubbished by just about everyone involved in crime prevention.

Pretty immaterial now anyway, as there aren't enough police on the ground to carry out stop and search in a significant way, with or without reason.

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Stop and search declined because lefties and pressure groups complained about civil liberties.

Which is very natural for a leftist carrying guns and knives who would be very indignant to lose his civil liberty!

[Alikado]

Stop and search declined because lefties and pressure groups complained about civil liberties.

Stop & Search declined because it was being abused by the Police.

[Taxi Driver]

Are the lack of police on the street to blame for the rise in crime in London or is just down to one or two certain demographics?

[Albion102]

Are the lack of police on the street to blame for the rise in crime in London or is just down to one or two certain demographics?

Interestingly, there are still more murders per capita in Manchester than in London.

It is an unavoidable fact that the majority of murders in London are committed by young black people on other young black people. They also generally occur in a relatively small number of areas. Actually a bit like Liverpool and for the same reasons as in Liverpool, except they are generally white.