Sadiq Khan

[seenbeen]

Blah Blah Wrote:

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> Actually seenbeen, TFLs debt was reducing under

> Khan, until the pandemic hit. All the figures are

> online for you to see for yourself. The money he

> now wants, is to offset the loss of income from

> massively reduced passengers due to the pandemic.

> You might also want to look at the part the

> government are playing in fueling that debt too ;)

So he decided to give it the kiss of death by unnecessarily allowing free fares. Then he tells everyone that the bus drivers will die.

This is hilarious (kind of!)

[Sephiroth]

Peter whittle

Didn?t know you?d gone to so much trouble there seenbeen. Quite the authority

Jesus wept

[uncleglen]

Khan ('t) is now calling for London to be on lockdown.....hidden agenda there I shouldn't wonder.

[Sephiroth]

Wasn?t it Hancock saying London is heading for lockdowns well?

What would Khan?s hidden agenda be?

Are Hancock and Johnson in on this hidden agenda??????

[Spartacus]

Sephiroth Wrote:

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> Wasn?t it Hancock saying London is heading for

> lockdowns well?

>

> What would Khan?s hidden agenda be?

>

> Are Hancock and Johnson in on this hidden

> agenda??????

99 - 100 coming ready or not

I see you Sadiq hiding behind your mamma

I see you Matt hiding behind the sofa

Sigh too easy

[SpringTime]

Seems to me the only thing I can remember about this guy was him saying something about terrorism being part and parcel of living in a large city, or something like that. It was a clumsy thing to say, albeit a helpful one for those claiming that Islam is the root of all evil (it's from the horse's mouth, right?) though he did clarify what he meant afterwards, and he did do a pretty good job of explaining what he really meant. Apart from that I don't really know much else about him - and maybe that's rather telling.

He was an easy target for Trump.

I think he's probably a nice bloke really, but he'll almost certainly continue to take hits for being the man "in charge" whilst violent crime on London streets - especially amongst ethnic minorities (though not his) - has been a massive problem. He was on the radio a lot when knife crime was still making big news, arguing for more police. I suppose his time in office has coincided with Corbyn's. That can't have been 100% helpful to him whether you like JC or not. And London's been going through a tough time for the past few years with all that's been going on. Not all Sadiq Khan's fault obviously. I'd still have a pint with him.

[Sephiroth]

To be fair to him, what he said was being prepared to deal with terrorist attacks was part of living in a major city. Having the resources to deal with the fallout from any attack

That seems entirely reasonable and not clumsy to me - any mayor of any City should hold that view

[JohnL]

So how is all this huge conspiracy decided. Does Khan go to Bilderburg. I googled it and I have the answer definitively.

(I'm not sure if this is UncleTV)

[JohnL]

By the way the above is 2013 and shows how we now live in a different world where the most minor points are that Ed Balls is now more famous as a dancer and Sadiq Khan doesn't cross the road and say "Hi Kids".

[seenbeen]

Sephiroth Wrote:

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> Peter whittle

>

>

> Didn?t know you?d gone to so much trouble there

> seenbeen. Quite the authority

>

> Jesus wept

It got better

Khan is unprofessional in the extreme....'I can see you're demoralised..','that's quite a slur- but coming from you that's no surprise' personal attacks on Whittle coming from Khan- then they all joined in....

[Sephiroth]

You clearly have a capacity for respect for whittle that he doesnt deserve

What is it he has ever done to said that makes you defend him like this?

[Spartacus]

Today he is quoted in the evening standard asking for a review of the 10pm curfew as it is counter productive https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-10pm-curfew-review-london-counterproductive-a4566116.html

But I seem to remember that around the 21st September the mayor was asking for the 10pm curfew to be introduced. https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-london-could-face-fresh-restrictions-under-mayors-new-plan-12077137

Confused dot com or as some papers might say

"Last orders for Mayor in u-turn fiasco"

[JohnL]

He doesn't want to get rid of the 10PM curfew and revert to midnight/1:00am opening - he wants to ban all drinking in pubs I think

[Spartacus]

No

He wants it revoked and to revert to normal drinking hours (see this tweet from today)

As I said previously u turn by London mayor ?

[malumbu]

When I first started drinking 10.30 or even 10 was last orders. Pubs were shut in the afternoon, and Sunday's were even worse, in some parts (mainly parts of Wales) they were closed. Not sure if the little Englanders want to return to these halcyon days, or perhaps before WW1 when there were no limits. There were differences within London on drinking hours, and when I lived in Abingdon we had summer hours (11 close), it was very exciting when we moved to 11pm all year.

[teddyboy23]

Someone I know who as family in Italy.told me pubs and restaurants were shutting at 10pm .as instructed to .but then were reopening about 10-15 pm.as there were no guild lines as to when they could reopen.not sure if that's true.

[JohnL]

11:00AM - 3:00PM 5:30PM to 10:30PM were the pub hours when i was teenage

1:00 AM was nightclub chucking out (and you often were chucked out)

[JohnL]

Spartacus Wrote:

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> No

> He wants it revoked and to revert to normal

> drinking hours (see this tweet from today)

> https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/131853111

> 4680668160?s=19

>

> As I said previously u turn by London mayor ?

I thought he supported the Welsh plan of a 3 week lockdown

He's now saying level 2 lockdown means people can't mix outside their bubble in pubs - I'm not sure pubs keep to that seeing what happens outside .

Anyway the creation of level 4 can't be far away - figures just reported on Sky News are a nightmare.

[JohnL]

teddyboy23 Wrote:

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> Someone I know who as family in Italy.told me pubs

> and restaurants were shutting at 10pm .as

> instructed to .but then were reopening about 10-15

> pm.as there were no guild lines as to when they

> could reopen.not sure if that's true.

Macron saw this coming in Paris and switched to a proper 9:00PM curfew

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54585828

[TheCat]

I understand finances are stretched, and Kahn is trying to balance the books... but it does seem like his 'go to' is raising taxes/charges (10% council tax increase, a congestion charge for all of greater London of 5.50 a day, and the 'temporary' increase of the existing congestion charge to 15quid a day last year), rather than cutting waste/improving efficiencies/increase borrowing (at least for the short term).....if times were normal, I might prepared to be more accepting, but a 'tax first' attitude in the current environment is a real kick in the nuts for a lot of people.

He's lucky Shaun Bailey seems so inept as an alternative candidate....

https://www.cityam.com/london-tories-council-tax-hike-is-a-result-of-mayors-mistakes/

[alex_b]

TheCat Wrote:

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> I understand finances are stretched, and Kahn is

> trying to balance the books... but it does seem

> like his 'go to' is raising taxes/charges (10%

> council tax increase, a congestion charge for all

> of greater London of 5.50 a day, and the

> 'temporary' increase of the existing congestion

> charge to 15quid a day last year), rather than

> cutting waste/improving efficiencies/increase

> borrowing (at least for the short term).....if

> times were normal, I might prepared to be more

> accepting, but a 'tax first' attitude in the

> current environment is a real kick in the nuts for

> a lot of people.

That does rather presuppose that there is a lot of waste to be cut or a significant amount of efficiency that can be driven in the short term (as opposed to say automation that will take investment and time). Since the GLA is only really responsible for two really significant things: Transport (60% of the budget) and police (25% of budget); it seems tricky to see where the big savings could come from.

Perhaps short term borrowing is an answer, but they did take on an additional ?1bn of debt for crossrail and as part of the TfL shortfall on passenger revenue. They may also be looking to keep their powder dry in case passenger revenues don?t significantly recover this year (which I doubt they will).

[Jules-and-Boo]

I agree council tax spike is harsh but the funds need to come from somewhere.

Savings from efficiencies; that?s definitely do-able.

It would be more palatable to chase businesses that do not fair enough tax.

Efficiencies in wider government / borough spending would also be welcome