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Violent crime up drastically in London

carpro

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Sadiq's London: Knife Crime, Gun Crime, Theft, Burglary, Rape, Homicide all MASSIVELY Up


Britain’s media celebrated in droves when London elected its first Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, in May 2016.
Now the cacophony caused by the “we’re not racist” backslapping has ended, the true implications of a Khan mayoralty are being realised.

In Britain’s capital over the past year, Khan presided over rises in knife crime, gun crime, theft, burglary, rape, homicide, and more. And not just by a little bit, either.

Some in the media — by which I mean basically just me — predicted Khan might be a disaster for London, but the extent to which this is true was beyond even our worst nightmares.
 

777

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Well, London is a big city and the mayor before this Khan person was another nut, too. Watch him get reelected easily if he wants to run for a second term.

Those new crime stats are awful, his city is now worse than NYC but London is still no Baltimore, except worse on acid attacks. Maybe Khan ought to look to Rudy G's tenure in NY to see how to reduce the crime rate quick and fast instead of trying to tell Trump he's not wanted in London for the zillionih time.
 

Martin Marprelate

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There have been spates of acid and knife attacks in London (four knifed to death over the New Year!), but a large reason for the increase in murders last year is, of course, the terrorist attacks.

My son lives in Hackney and works in Tower Hamlets, which is pretty much the centre of Londonistan, and he has never (so far!) had any problems with violence.
 

Covenanter

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Sadiq's London: Knife Crime, Gun Crime, Theft, Burglary, Rape, Homicide all MASSIVELY Up


Britain’s media celebrated in droves when London elected its first Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, in May 2016.
Now the cacophony caused by the “we’re not racist” backslapping has ended, the true implications of a Khan mayoralty are being realised.

In Britain’s capital over the past year, Khan presided over rises in knife crime, gun crime, theft, burglary, rape, homicide, and more. And not just by a little bit, either.

Some in the media — by which I mean basically just me — predicted Khan might be a disaster for London, but the extent to which this is true was beyond even our worst nightmares.


Khan isn't the problem, nor are immigrants - the former Home Secretary, now Prime Minister is.

I live in an extreme immigrant area - I posted our congregation photo on another thread - 2 elderly English in about 40. We have mosques, Sikh gurdwaras, Hindu temples, & NO English shops. If someone looks English, they're probably Eastern European. I think there are 4 English families in our road of 70 houses.

Not immigrants, not communists, not Muslims, but Conservative oligarchy -
In the 35 years after WW2 Britain had Socialist policies that provided a National Health Service - free at the point of need; State Pensions; Council housing at affordable rents; manufacturing industries providing apprenticeships & lifetime employment; employment rights; etc. When I was growing up in the 40s & 50s, we all had the prospect of employment, marriage & an independent home for our families.

Then the rich oligarchy took over, exporting industries & jobs to the third world. Now our countries are richer than ever they were in those days, but the people are poorer & without normal prospects.

Choice - Conservative Oligarchy, "Christian" Socialism, or Anarchy.

Today's youngsters are without the "normal" prospects that are essential to a peaceful society, & local authorities & police are denied cash & staff to maintain law & order.

Our 25 y-o grandson has had several apprenticeships with the local authority - all that means is unpaid work entering computer data, with no employment at the end. That succession of apprenticeships may help keep costs down but has a devastating affect on the youngsters. He lives at home, with supportive parents.

To repeat -
Choice - Conservative Oligarchy, "Christian" Socialism, or Anarchy.
 

Rob_BW

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To repeat -
Choice - Conservative Oligarchy, "Christian" Socialism, or Anarchy.

Why are you appending "Christian" to Socialism?

Is there are party plank (to use American political terminology) specifically espousing or claiming to follow Christian values or ethics?
 

carpro

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Yeah, thanks for your thoughtful response, Carpro. No evidence then.

You presented none. In the face of all evidence to the contrary, your response was exactly what I expected.

And it was, and still is, hillarious.
 

carpro

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This is how the mayor likes to spend his money. He's sacrificing real policing to chase down and prosecute paople who say things he doesn't like.

London Mayor To Set Up Police ‘Online Hate Crime Hub’ In 'Partnership' With Social Media Firms


The office of London’s first Muslim mayor has secured millions of pounds to fund a police “online hate crime hub” to work in “partnership with social media providers” to criminalise “trolls” who “target… individuals and communities.”

The London mayor’s office for policing and crime (Mopac) will spend £1,730,726 of taxpayer’s money policing speech online after applying for a huge grant from the Home Office Police Innovation Fund (PIF), it was announced in a statement.


Meanwhile, in the real world of crime in London:

"From the years 2015/16 to 2016/17, homicides in London rose by 27.1 per cent. Youth homicide jumped 70 per cent. Serious youth violence was up 19 per cent. Robbery was up 33.4 per cent, while home burglaries rose by 18.7 per cent.

Theft went up by over 10,000 incidents in a year, up 33.9 per cent, and there were more than 4,000 additional knife crime incidents under Khan than under his predecessor, a rise of 31.3 per cent.

Rape in the capital rose by 18.3 per cent, while there were 2,551 incidents of gun crime, representing a rise of 16.3 per cent on the previous year.

4,000 additional knife crime incidents under Khan than under his predecessor, a rise of 31.3 per cent."
 

Matt Black

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Why are you appending "Christian" to Socialism?

Is there are party plank (to use American political terminology) specifically espousing or claiming to follow Christian values or ethics?
Christian Socialism has been a feature of the European including British political scene since the mid-19th century. The current UK manifestation is here: About Us
 
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Matt Black

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You presented none. In the face of all evidence to the contrary, your response was exactly what I expected.

And it was, and still is, hillarious.
I presented the interview with the ex copper who cited the government cuts and their effects. Your response was to laugh at that evidence and present nothing by way of rebuttal. Unlike you, I don't think people's deaths are a laughing matter and find it sad that you appear to do so.
 

carpro

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I presented the interview with the ex copper who cited the government cuts and their effects. Your response was to laugh at that evidence and present nothing by way of rebuttal. Unlike you, I don't think people's deaths are a laughing matter and find it sad that you appear to do so.

Someone has an opinion. What a Surprise?
 

carpro

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Sadiq's priority is hate speech, not real crime.

London Cops Arrest Dozens for 'Hate Crimes' Since London Attack, But Mayor Says Police Can't Afford to Track Jihadists



The Metropolitan Police have arrested 25 people since Saturday’s terror attacks, using hate crime legislation to crack down on words and actions deemed either offensive, or which target people “because of their race, religion, sexual orientation” or disability.


The news comes as London Mayor Sadiq Khan told Piers Morgan in an interview that London’s police did not have enough resources to monitor the jihadists returning to the United Kingdom from Syria and Iraq.

He said in an interview Wednesday morning: “I can’t follow 400 people… the Met Police budget, roughly 15-20 per cent comes from me, the Mayor.
 

Rob_BW

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Christian Socialism has been a feature of the European including British political scene since the mid-19th century. The current UK manifestation is here: About Us
According to the census, it looks like they've been a lot more effective at spreading socialism than they have been at spreading Christianity.

Maybe it's time to ponder revising the moniker.
 

777

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"Christian socialism"? Churches instead of government would own and distribute all the resources? It sounds close to what is practiced in Iran and other Muslim countries with the religion of peace, and that's not what you have in the UK - that's just a social democracy, not socialism. All a social democracy is is a democracy variant with a big welfare state, which leads back to the OP - I am not surprised that an ex-cop thinks Teresa May's cuts are causing crime to increase but this was only a three percent cut in London yet the crime rate is soaring - do you want more cops on the streets there and don't you worry that that would be devolving into a police state?
 

Matt Black

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Ues i want more.bobbies on the beat and, No, I don't think that means a threat of a police state - we didn't have one before the cuts so there is no reason to believe we would have one if the cuts are reversed.

And Christian Socialism does not equate to an Iranian style theocracy.
 
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