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Post by southlondon413 on Feb 16, 2024 8:00:28 GMT
As much as I question Sadiq Khan's regime you people that have so much disdain for him are doing the most. Some of you are so extreme with the dislike for him that you're so blinded at the fact that he wasn't FULLY responsible for how some stuff has turned out today. While he IS the mayor at the moment, some policies I can't hold him responsible for. So this notion that he has to be blamed for some policies that was there even before his time is a really dumb take. And you people that are hoping and praying he goes this term and Susan Hall comes in to take over I am seriously going laugh at EVERY single person that really thought she would win. Until a credible candidate (from whichever direction) comes in then Khan may be on his seat for a while. But let wait until election day to continue. Watch this space............ What don’t you hold him responsible for? |
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Post by ronnie on Feb 16, 2024 8:19:28 GMT
As much as I question Sadiq Khan's regime you people that have so much disdain for him are doing the most. Some of you are so extreme with the dislike for him that you're so blinded at the fact that he wasn't FULLY responsible for how some stuff has turned out today. While he IS the mayor at the moment, some policies I can't hold him responsible for. So this notion that he has to be blamed for some policies that was there even before his time is a really dumb take. And you people that are hoping and praying he goes this term and Susan Hall comes in to take over I am seriously going laugh at EVERY single person that really thought she would win. Until a credible candidate (from whichever direction) comes in then Khan may be on his seat for a while. But let wait until election day to continue. Watch this space............ See this is the issue with most Labour / sadiq khan supporters - you refuse to listen and blame everyone under the sun except of course yourselves. Any common person is a neo-nazi racist, tories cut funding so we don’t have money for anything etc etc. Blaming others for policies set before him - what was stopping him from reversing these? It’s not as if he has to reverse verses from the Bible or Quran or Old Testament or Vedas or (put your choice of holy book here!) that it’s nigh impossible, no? Magically £10m can be found at the last moment for tfl staff wages (I am looking forward to the unions playing hardball next time), £6.5m for awful rebranding, £2.5m to teach people how to cycle are just a few examples of waste of money Meanwhile security has gone down the drain, for which sadiq is 100% responsible. Near my former home in crossharbour, in the last 7 years there has been 1 acid attack (I happened to walk past the scene 20 min later), 1 other corrosive substance attack, 6 stabbings I know of (2 fatal, including one which would have happened in front of me had I not stopped to take a phone call!); all of this in a radius of 300m. In a proper residential area dominated by high rise buildings and with some offices, this is shockingly poor. The guy literally has blood on his hands owing to the monumental failures like these Maybe some introspection would be good before you start blaming others For the record, I am cynical of all politicians and it’s a choice to figure out which politician you dislike the least! So better get off your high horse of you not doing anything wrong, accept mistakes and take steps to mitigate them |
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Post by MKAY315 on Feb 16, 2024 8:58:35 GMT
As much as I question Sadiq Khan's regime you people that have so much disdain for him are doing the most. Some of you are so extreme with the dislike for him that you're so blinded at the fact that he wasn't FULLY responsible for how some stuff has turned out today. While he IS the mayor at the moment, some policies I can't hold him responsible for. So this notion that he has to be blamed for some policies that was there even before his time is a really dumb take. And you people that are hoping and praying he goes this term and Susan Hall comes in to take over I am seriously going laugh at EVERY single person that really thought she would win. Until a credible candidate (from whichever direction) comes in then Khan may be on his seat for a while. But let wait until election day to continue. Watch this space............ What don’t you hold him responsible for? The services have been on a managed decline for a while, whilst the fare freeze I somewhat questioned it I knew cuts were going to be made to bus service. On that aspect of things I would say he was responsible for that but more on a necessary evil type of a level. (I'm going to come back to this post in a bit). What I won't hold him responsible is the bailouts he had to get when lockdown occurred. Who would have seen that coming. I've also said that the government should be coming in to try and fully be investing in the transport network. This model of doing self sustainability does not work as much as they would like to paint that it does. |
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Post by MKAY315 on Feb 16, 2024 9:08:49 GMT
As much as I question Sadiq Khan's regime you people that have so much disdain for him are doing the most. Some of you are so extreme with the dislike for him that you're so blinded at the fact that he wasn't FULLY responsible for how some stuff has turned out today. While he IS the mayor at the moment, some policies I can't hold him responsible for. So this notion that he has to be blamed for some policies that was there even before his time is a really dumb take. And you people that are hoping and praying he goes this term and Susan Hall comes in to take over I am seriously going laugh at EVERY single person that really thought she would win. Until a credible candidate (from whichever direction) comes in then Khan may be on his seat for a while. But let wait until election day to continue. Watch this space............ See this is the issue with most Labour / sadiq khan supporters - you refuse to listen and blame everyone under the sun except of course yourselves. Any common person is a neo-nazi racist, tories cut funding so we don’t have money for anything etc etc. Blaming others for policies set before him - what was stopping him from reversing these? It’s not as if he has to reverse verses from the Bible or Quran or Old Testament or Vedas or (put your choice of holy book here!) that it’s nigh impossible, no? Magically £10m can be found at the last moment for tfl staff wages (I am looking forward to the unions playing hardball next time), £6.5m for awful rebranding, £2.5m to teach people how to cycle are just a few examples of waste of money Meanwhile security has gone down the drain, for which sadiq is 100% responsible. Near my former home in crossharbour, in the last 7 years there has been 1 acid attack (I happened to walk past the scene 20 min later), 1 other corrosive substance attack, 6 stabbings I know of (2 fatal, including one which would have happened in front of me had I not stopped to take a phone call!); all of this in a radius of 300m. In a proper residential area dominated by high rise buildings and with some offices, this is shockingly poor. The guy literally has blood on his hands owing to the monumental failures like these Maybe some introspection would be good before you start blaming others For the record, I am cynical of all politicians and it’s a choice to figure out which politician you dislike the least! So better get off your high horse of you not doing anything wrong, accept mistakes and take steps to mitigate them Firstly you better take that base out of your voice "See this is the issue with most labour / left wing sadiq Khan supporters." Do NOT put me in a category based on my posts. Secondly don't let me get started with this whole Labour and Conservative debate because I really don't want to go down that road today because I can assure you it will get very messy. Thirdly let's be honest right now which candidate can really take on Khan at this present moment in time. Susan Hall who doesn't know the price of a bus fare. Psht get flipping real please. In the last round of elections you had Shaun Bailey who had allegations coming out from the lockdown era. As I've said many of times on here I've questioned SOME of Khan's policies. Again some people that are on the right wing of things would be ready to die on the hill for Boris if he was to come back again as it means their party is in charge despite the messing up with funds whilst in the position simply because they hate labour for whatever reason. By the way if a CREDIBLE independent was to come up with a good credibility behind them then of course I would vote for them. I would LOVE to see you try and be mayor one day and let's see what you'd be able to do (if you was to do it) then you'll see how hard it can be. When you have high ups ensuring that some cog wheels stays the same |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Feb 17, 2024 1:24:56 GMT
As much as I question Sadiq Khan's regime you people that have so much disdain for him are doing the most. Some of you are so extreme with the dislike for him that you're so blinded at the fact that he wasn't FULLY responsible for how some stuff has turned out today. While he IS the mayor at the moment, some policies I can't hold him responsible for. So this notion that he has to be blamed for some policies that was there even before his time is a really dumb take. And you people that are hoping and praying he goes this term and Susan Hall comes in to take over I am seriously going laugh at EVERY single person that really thought she would win. Until a credible candidate (from whichever direction) comes in then Khan may be on his seat for a while. But let wait until election day to continue. Watch this space............ I am sorry but I do not buy this. Khan is an egotastic manic and only wants the limelight when things go right and cannot take any form of criticisim whatsoever. He is FULLY responsible because he does NOT listen to anyone but himself it is either his way or no way. If Khan does win, I cannot see him lasting to the end, he would get his comeuppance, whether he is sacked, resigned or otherwise. He would implode! |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Feb 17, 2024 1:35:06 GMT
What don’t you hold him responsible for? The services have been on a managed decline for a while, whilst the fare freeze I somewhat questioned it I knew cuts were going to be made to bus service. On that aspect of things I would say he was responsible for that but more on a necessary evil type of a level. (I'm going to come back to this post in a bit). What I won't hold him responsible is the bailouts he had to get when lockdown occurred. Who would have seen that coming. I've also said that the government should be coming in to try and fully be investing in the transport network. This model of doing self sustainability does not work as much as they would like to paint that it does. Problem is though many of these problems happened before lockdown. I would not blame him for anything covid related. 95% of his failings were outside of the covid times. Even down to knife crime and youth advisers he turned his back on them which they had proven track records of initiatives to reduce knife crime. Many people he has kicked down would come back to haunt him over the next few years. The Danny Cotton's, Cressida D!ck, people at TfL axed over the lies of Crossrail opening. We also had key people leave TfL etc like Peter Hendy and Leon Daniels not long after Khan came in. There has been a lot of lesser known people that were delivering within the organisation leave and replaced with incompetent people. |
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Post by MKAY315 on Feb 17, 2024 3:31:28 GMT
As much as I question Sadiq Khan's regime you people that have so much disdain for him are doing the most. Some of you are so extreme with the dislike for him that you're so blinded at the fact that he wasn't FULLY responsible for how some stuff has turned out today. While he IS the mayor at the moment, some policies I can't hold him responsible for. So this notion that he has to be blamed for some policies that was there even before his time is a really dumb take. And you people that are hoping and praying he goes this term and Susan Hall comes in to take over I am seriously going laugh at EVERY single person that really thought she would win. Until a credible candidate (from whichever direction) comes in then Khan may be on his seat for a while. But let wait until election day to continue. Watch this space............ I am sorry but I do not buy this. Khan is an egotastic manic and only wants the limelight when things go right and cannot take any form of criticisim whatsoever. He is FULLY responsible because he does NOT listen to anyone but himself it is either his way or no way. If Khan does win, I cannot see him lasting to the end, he would get his comeuppance, whether he is sacked, resigned or otherwise. He would implode! For that all I will say is we'll see. |
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Post by MKAY315 on Feb 17, 2024 3:38:27 GMT
The services have been on a managed decline for a while, whilst the fare freeze I somewhat questioned it I knew cuts were going to be made to bus service. On that aspect of things I would say he was responsible for that but more on a necessary evil type of a level. (I'm going to come back to this post in a bit). What I won't hold him responsible is the bailouts he had to get when lockdown occurred. Who would have seen that coming. I've also said that the government should be coming in to try and fully be investing in the transport network. This model of doing self sustainability does not work as much as they would like to paint that it does. Problem is though many of these problems happened before lockdown. I would not blame him for anything covid related. 95% of his failings were outside of the covid times. Even down to knife crime and youth advisers he turned his back on them which they had proven track records of initiatives to reduce knife crime. Many people he has kicked down would come back to haunt him over the next few years. The Danny Cotton's, Cressida D!ck, people at TfL axed over the lies of Crossrail opening. We also had key people leave TfL etc like Peter Hendy and Leon Daniels not long after Khan came in. There has been a lot of lesser known people that were delivering within the organisation leave and replaced with incompetent people. With the Elizabeth Line situation involving Terry Morgan I did say that there was no way he could not have known about the delays. He probably thought he could sweep it under the carpet but it came back to bite him. The signalling part of the line I would say I knew would be the troubling part as I have mentioned many times on here that this train line is effectively using three different signalling systems simultaneously. That alone from a technological perspective would be challenging in itself. |
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Post by vjaska on Feb 17, 2024 4:00:38 GMT
The services have been on a managed decline for a while, whilst the fare freeze I somewhat questioned it I knew cuts were going to be made to bus service. On that aspect of things I would say he was responsible for that but more on a necessary evil type of a level. (I'm going to come back to this post in a bit). What I won't hold him responsible is the bailouts he had to get when lockdown occurred. Who would have seen that coming. I've also said that the government should be coming in to try and fully be investing in the transport network. This model of doing self sustainability does not work as much as they would like to paint that it does. Problem is though many of these problems happened before lockdown. I would not blame him for anything covid related. 95% of his failings were outside of the covid times. Even down to knife crime and youth advisers he turned his back on them which they had proven track records of initiatives to reduce knife crime. Many people he has kicked down would come back to haunt him over the next few years. The Danny Cotton's, Cressida D!ck, people at TfL axed over the lies of Crossrail opening. We also had key people leave TfL etc like Peter Hendy and Leon Daniels not long after Khan came in. There has been a lot of lesser known people that were delivering within the organisation leave and replaced with incompetent people. Cressida manhood was rightfully sacked, no one had any confidence in her and look at the state of the Met under her stewardship with it harboring rapists, pedophiles, racists among others. Mark Rowley seems to be very slowly restoring some trust back into the force but it will still be a long and hard slog - I like what I've heard from him thus far Danny Cotton on the other hand, I did feel for - she was wrongly hung out to dry over Grenfell IMO where I don't blame the fire brigade for the action they took. They weren't told about the combustible cladding until it was too late - had Kensington and the contractors actually put the correct cladding on the building, the stay put policy that the fire brigade routinely used would of worked and lives would of been saved. |
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Post by southlondon413 on Feb 17, 2024 7:31:45 GMT
Problem is though many of these problems happened before lockdown. I would not blame him for anything covid related. 95% of his failings were outside of the covid times. Even down to knife crime and youth advisers he turned his back on them which they had proven track records of initiatives to reduce knife crime. Many people he has kicked down would come back to haunt him over the next few years. The Danny Cotton's, Cressida D!ck, people at TfL axed over the lies of Crossrail opening. We also had key people leave TfL etc like Peter Hendy and Leon Daniels not long after Khan came in. There has been a lot of lesser known people that were delivering within the organisation leave and replaced with incompetent people. Cressida manhood was rightfully sacked, no one had any confidence in her and look at the state of the Met under her stewardship with it harboring rapists, pedophiles, racists among others. Mark Rowley seems to be very slowly restoring some trust back into the force but it will still be a long and hard slog - I like what I've heard from him thus far Danny Cotton on the other hand, I did feel for - she was wrongly hung out to dry over Grenfell IMO where I don't blame the fire brigade for the action they took. They weren't told about the combustible cladding until it was too late - had Kensington and the contractors actually put the correct cladding on the building, the stay put policy that the fire brigade routinely used would of worked and lives would of been saved. The officers reportedly had faith in her and that’s an important factor in leadership. Frankly The Met is far too bloated and has its hands in far too many pots. In an ideal word The Met would be split into two police forces. One still handling everyday policing answering to the GLA and the mayor. Then the second a national force handling counter terrorism, security etc based in London but able to pull resources on a national level. Perhaps named MI4? The second force would only answer to the Home Secretary and Parliament. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Feb 21, 2024 13:37:01 GMT
Conservative mayor hopeful Susan Hall wants borough-based policing returnConservative mayoral candidate Susan Hall says she wants a return to borough-based policing scrapped a few years ago because of a lack of money.www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68358118
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Feb 27, 2024 13:09:07 GMT
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Post by capitalomnibus on Feb 27, 2024 23:50:36 GMT
I do not trust any pollsters, they seem to be out of date and past few elections have got their data completely wrong. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Feb 28, 2024 5:41:55 GMT
I do not trust any pollsters, they seem to be out of date and past few elections have got their data completely wrong. Which ones? All the by-elections predicted a Labour win and that's what happened and this latest poll has been heavily skewed in Tory favour due to shy-Tory syndrome and still produced a huge Labour lead. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Mar 1, 2024 11:27:16 GMT
The usual BS with Khan, he loves to direct hate towards twits like Trump and actively encourage it, but does not like it when it is on the other hand. All well and good to give, but when you do, expect to receive the same back. He encouraged Trump demonstrations and the balloon. But now people have effigies and stickers of him with a pair of balls around its neck he does not like it.
Mayor security fears behind question time event going onlineA rude sticker of mayor Sadiq Khan contributed to the barring of Londoners from attending People's Question Time on Thursday in person, it has emerged.www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68422598
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