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Post by wirewiper on Feb 26, 2023 18:17:09 GMT
And presumably his security/bodyguards. He is in the car as he has been advised by the security services to do so. There is a lot of hatred expressed towards Khan on this forum, mainly for screwing up the bus service. Usually that goes no further than calling for his resignation, or defeat at the ballot box. Take that hatred further along the spectrum, and there are those who believe that the mere fact that a Muslim man is the leader of a major Western city is sufficient reason to assassinate him. These threats are real and credible, and are taken very seriously. Doesn’t change the fact that the man is a no nothing entirely out of his depth in a job far beyond his intelligence level. To put it simply he’s a moron and that has nothing to do with his religious choices. I couldn’t care less if we had a mayor who wanted to paint themselves blue and worship Jediism, they have to be competent at the job and Khan isn’t. He cares far more about his public image, as evidenced by his offices inflated PR budgets, than about Londoners. That's your opinion, which was clearly not shared by a lot of voters in 2021 as he succeeded in winning a second term. Although no doubt you would blame that on the inflated PR budgets.
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Post by SILENCED on Feb 26, 2023 18:21:45 GMT
Can't everyone else lock themselves in their car for their own personal security ... most of us are environmentally friendly enough, not to travel in a cavalcade ... what is good for the goose .... The Mayor is a big polluter, using his evidence, which he says is killing people. If that is the case, he has blood on his hands. Nice idea, if you have a car you can lock yourself into. However if there were daily threats on my life, I doubt locking myself into our elderly Citroen C3 would afford me much protection against a determined assassin. When was the last time an attempt was made of Sadiq Khan?
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Post by wirewiper on Feb 26, 2023 18:31:58 GMT
Nice idea, if you have a car you can lock yourself into. However if there were daily threats on my life, I doubt locking myself into our elderly Citroen C3 would afford me much protection against a determined assassin. When was the last time an attempt was made of Sadiq Khan? I don't know, although I suspect such information is sensitive and not in the public domain. The threats themselves are credible enough to justify the security measures.
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Post by rugbyref on Feb 26, 2023 19:32:35 GMT
Doesn’t change the fact that the man is a no nothing entirely out of his depth in a job far beyond his intelligence level. To put it simply he’s a moron and that has nothing to do with his religious choices. I couldn’t care less if we had a mayor who wanted to paint themselves blue and worship Jediism, they have to be competent at the job and Khan isn’t. He cares far more about his public image, as evidenced by his offices inflated PR budgets, than about Londoners. That's your opinion, which was clearly not shared by a lot of voters in 2021 as he succeeded in winning a second term. Although no doubt you would blame that on the inflated PR budgets. Actually we blame his reelection on voting manipulation, which may have been fraud but we cannot prove that, just have strong suspicions.
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Feb 26, 2023 19:46:21 GMT
That's your opinion, which was clearly not shared by a lot of voters in 2021 as he succeeded in winning a second term. Although no doubt you would blame that on the inflated PR budgets. Actually we blame his reelection on voting manipulation, which may have been fraud but we cannot prove that, just have strong suspicions. You're just starting to talk nonsense now. Khan has been ridiculous but it's quite clear why he was voted in. The people he was up against were all effectively worse, and the Labour Party is who represent the majority of Londoners in recent times.
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Post by southlondon413 on Feb 26, 2023 20:30:20 GMT
Actually we blame his reelection on voting manipulation, which may have been fraud but we cannot prove that, just have strong suspicions. You're just starting to talk nonsense now. Khan has been ridiculous but it's quite clear why he was voted in. The people he was up against were all effectively worse, and the Labour Party is who represent the majority of Londoners in recent times. Basically he was the best of a bad selection, which is such a pathetic way to get elected. He may have won but it doesn’t change how terrible of a mayor and ultimately a person he comes across as. He’d never get elected if he stood as an independent, but people these days only vote with their party colour and not with their principles. The Labour Party might win an our next mayoral election and probably our next general election but it will be off the backs of promising everything to every single minority subset of society whilst ignoring the majority who don’t want this wave of tokenism woke ideas that are destroying our country.
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Post by northlondon83 on Feb 26, 2023 20:54:14 GMT
You're just starting to talk nonsense now. Khan has been ridiculous but it's quite clear why he was voted in. The people he was up against were all effectively worse, and the Labour Party is who represent the majority of Londoners in recent times. Basically he was the best of a bad selection, which is such a pathetic way to get elected. He may have won but it doesn’t change how terrible of a mayor and ultimately a person he comes across as. He’d never get elected if he stood as an independent, but people these days only vote with their party colour and not with their principles. The Labour Party might win an our next mayoral election and probably our next general election but it will be off the backs of promising everything to every single minority subset of society whilst ignoring the majority who don’t want this wave of tokenism woke ideas that are destroying our country. So you don't think Shaun Bailey would be any better? It's hard to see how anyone could be worse than Khan
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Post by southlondon413 on Feb 26, 2023 21:00:44 GMT
Basically he was the best of a bad selection, which is such a pathetic way to get elected. He may have won but it doesn’t change how terrible of a mayor and ultimately a person he comes across as. He’d never get elected if he stood as an independent, but people these days only vote with their party colour and not with their principles. The Labour Party might win an our next mayoral election and probably our next general election but it will be off the backs of promising everything to every single minority subset of society whilst ignoring the majority who don’t want this wave of tokenism woke ideas that are destroying our country. So you don't think Shaun Bailey would be any better? It's hard to see how anyone could be worse than Khan I met Shaun a couple times during the hustings and went campaigning with him a couple of times and he was never anything but nice to everyone he met. I think he would have made an excellent mayor who genuinely understood the communities who needed the most help. Khan is too much of a mouthpiece for rhetoric, he doesn’t actually do anything
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Post by northlondon83 on Feb 26, 2023 21:11:46 GMT
So you don't think Shaun Bailey would be any better? It's hard to see how anyone could be worse than Khan I met Shaun a couple times during the hustings and went campaigning with him a couple of times and he was never anything but nice to everyone he met. I think he would have made an excellent mayor who genuinely understood the communities who needed the most help. Khan is too much of a mouthpiece for rhetoric, he doesn’t actually do anything Agreed about Khan, he used the fact that he came from a poor background, growing up on a council estate and the fact that his dad is a bus driver to sympathise with voters. However I sadly can't see him being booted out next year, London is becoming increasingly Labour voting
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Post by vjaska on Feb 27, 2023 0:54:54 GMT
So you don't think Shaun Bailey would be any better? It's hard to see how anyone could be worse than Khan I met Shaun a couple times during the hustings and went campaigning with him a couple of times and he was never anything but nice to everyone he met. I think he would have made an excellent mayor who genuinely understood the communities who needed the most help. Khan is too much of a mouthpiece for rhetoric, he doesn’t actually do anything Sorry but this is laughable - he would of been as bad as Khan and lest we not forget, Bailey broke rules during Covid so whilst we are slagging Khan off here, Bailey should get his fair share.
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Post by ibus246 on Feb 27, 2023 4:38:58 GMT
So you don't think Shaun Bailey would be any better? It's hard to see how anyone could be worse than Khan I met Shaun a couple times during the hustings and went campaigning with him a couple of times and he was never anything but nice to everyone he met. I think he would have made an excellent mayor who genuinely understood the communities who needed the most help. Khan is too much of a mouthpiece for rhetoric, he doesn’t actually do anything Well obviously. He’s on the campaign trail. What would you expect him to be like? He was just after a vote, that’s all.
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Post by southlondon413 on Feb 27, 2023 7:06:26 GMT
I met Shaun a couple times during the hustings and went campaigning with him a couple of times and he was never anything but nice to everyone he met. I think he would have made an excellent mayor who genuinely understood the communities who needed the most help. Khan is too much of a mouthpiece for rhetoric, he doesn’t actually do anything Sorry but this is laughable - he would of been as bad as Khan and lest we not forget, Bailey broke rules during Covid so whilst we are slagging Khan off here, Bailey should get his fair share. That was an unfortunate incident but honestly who can’t say they didn’t break the rules during lockdown, I certainly can’t and just because some weren’t caught doesn’t mean they also weren’t breaking rules. Despite a lack of judgment in one small incident I think you’d be hard pressed to find someone as ineffective and terrible as Khan.
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Post by northlondon83 on Feb 27, 2023 8:37:24 GMT
Sorry but this is laughable - he would of been as bad as Khan and lest we not forget, Bailey broke rules during Covid so whilst we are slagging Khan off here, Bailey should get his fair share. That was an unfortunate incident but honestly who can’t say they didn’t break the rules during lockdown, I certainly can’t and just because some weren’t caught doesn’t mean they also weren’t breaking rules. Despite a lack of judgment in one small incident I think you’d be hard pressed to find someone as ineffective and terrible as Khan. Both parties have had people breaking the rules. Sadiq Khan could have but we just don't know about it. If he did then it would be very hypocritical considering how much he criticised the Tories for breaking the rules
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Post by SILENCED on Feb 27, 2023 12:07:31 GMT
So you don't think Shaun Bailey would be any better? It's hard to see how anyone could be worse than Khan I met Shaun a couple times during the hustings and went campaigning with him a couple of times and he was never anything but nice to everyone he met. I think he would have made an excellent mayor who genuinely understood the communities who needed the most help. Khan is too much of a mouthpiece for rhetoric, he doesn’t actually do anything My main issue with the current Mayor is all his policies seem to be I want to do this and I want Central Government to pay for it. I would much rather politicians at all levels have policies that work within their means and budgets rather than having a crazy list for spending tax payers money on irresponsible schemes, when there is already sufficient and worthwhile schemes being funded by the public purse. To be honest, never a fan of Bailey, he did a lot better than myself and most expected. Would he have been better or worse? Lets be honest, the bar has been set extremely low, so I would say he probably would have done better. How much better is probably debatable.
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Post by vjaska on Feb 27, 2023 12:24:35 GMT
Sorry but this is laughable - he would of been as bad as Khan and lest we not forget, Bailey broke rules during Covid so whilst we are slagging Khan off here, Bailey should get his fair share. That was an unfortunate incident but honestly who can’t say they didn’t break the rules during lockdown, I certainly can’t and just because some weren’t caught doesn’t mean they also weren’t breaking rules. Despite a lack of judgment in one small incident I think you’d be hard pressed to find someone as ineffective and terrible as Khan. It wasn't unfortunate - he knew what he was doing just like all the others. I didn't break the rule during lockdown - I was a key worker and thus that was the only time I went out beyond going to the supermarket to pick up essential food I couldn't get at Iceland. Saying "honestly who can’t say they didn’t break the rules during lockdown" is a lame excuse and sounds like something a politician would say to cover themselves. I dislike Khan a lot myself hence why I given him my own share of criticism and never put a tick next to his name but to say "I'd be hard pressed to find someone as ineffective and terrible" goes beyond dislike personally - you find ten a penny in terms of politicians who are "ineffective and terrible" - the current government has a load for starters.
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