London Mayor Sadiq Khan under fire for ‘pathetic’ response to crime surge – IOTW Report

London Mayor Sadiq Khan under fire for ‘pathetic’ response to crime surge

FOX: London Mayor Sadiq Khan is under increasingly heavy fire from his predecessor, residents and even President Trump over rising crime in the city – though Khan says police cuts from the Conservative government are to blame.

Boris Johnson, the former mayor who recently resigned as U.K. foreign secretary, tore into Khan in a recent Op-Ed for The Daily Telegraph for glamming it up at movie premieres while crime spirals out of control.

“Sadiq Khan may be a twinkle-toed mover on the movie premiere red carpet, but his pirouettes on the subject of knife crime are a positive wonder. He blames funding (when he was left with a large war chest by me); he blames the Tory Government; he blames society. He blames everyone but himself, when it is his paramount duty to keep Londoners safe,” Johnson wrote. “It is a pathetic performance.”

Johnson is the latest high-profile figure to dive into the debate over London crime. During his trip to the U.K. earlier this month, Trump doubled down on his long-standing feud with Khan, an outspoken Trump critic.

“You have a mayor who has done a terrible job in London. He has done a terrible job,” Trump said in an interview with The Sun, blaming Khan on both terrorism and crime. “I think he has done a bad job on crime, if you look, all of the horrible things going on there, with all of the crime that is being brought in.”

As of March, London accounted for 17 percent of all recorded crime in England and Wales in the year prior, as well as 42 percent of all recorded robberies. A third of all knife crime took place in London as well.   read more

8 Comments on London Mayor Sadiq Khan under fire for ‘pathetic’ response to crime surge

  1. His pathetic response to Mohammedan rapists and murderers is not a sign of weakness or ineptness. It is totally calculated and intentional, just like Obama’s was. Which is only to be expected of Muslims.

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  2. The Muslim infestation in London and England in general is moving along at a rapid clip. This little worm is doing his part to grease the skids. No surprise Tommy Robinson is sitting in stir as his country is dismantled.

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  3. Enoch
    actually Maggie warned them of Tony 2 (two, zwei, dos) decades ago. andshewas clearly right!

    this diaster did not happen overnight, nor in a year!

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  4. @Enoch Powell July 31, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    The problem, my dear Mr. Powell, with the Loyal Opposition, is they agree to disagree about the route. Not the destination.

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