2024 London Mayoral Election Thread
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Billy_Rosewood said:
Susan Hall is an absolute shambles.
Sad times that she's the only alternative to the current crackpot who could have been an excellent mayor but seems more interested in cooking the books/shifting blame to try and leave a legacy that isn't record number of strikes and record knife crime.
She will get rid of ULEZ on day 1.. Day 1!!!!!Sad times that she's the only alternative to the current crackpot who could have been an excellent mayor but seems more interested in cooking the books/shifting blame to try and leave a legacy that isn't record number of strikes and record knife crime.
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hstewie said:
hstewie said:gt_12345 said:
Waycist?
What did she retweet/endorse?
Stuff like this. What did she retweet/endorse?
https://x.com/LBC/status/1706960619788730560?s=20
I don't know his entire speech (in case he also said something outrageous) but didn't he simply say cultures clash and there will be rivers of blood?
s1962a said:
z4RRSchris said:
20 mph speed limits / ulez - the fact you think thats an issue is nuts
Do you drive? I'll give you an example - Streatham High road coming down from Brixton. It's 20mph all the way and it's difficult at night time to drive down this major road without going over 20mph. It's not a suitable road. 20mph around schools/side streets - absolutely fine, but not on major roads.z4RRSchris said:
for me as a londoner i would like to see:
better funded transport, more ebike options
ban private cars from z1, higher CC and Ulez. Higher parking costs
pedestrianise oxford street - get more tourists spending cash
fund youth services better, will reduce petty crime
stop planning getting bogged down by locals, set it at a mayoral level London Plan and stick to it. If a site has 100m heigh and room for 500 homes thats what it gets. build 100% affordable on council land, there is st loads of it. Start a council DM
Totally respect your thoughts on this. Don't agree with banning cars from Z1, but do agree with the other points.better funded transport, more ebike options
ban private cars from z1, higher CC and Ulez. Higher parking costs
pedestrianise oxford street - get more tourists spending cash
fund youth services better, will reduce petty crime
stop planning getting bogged down by locals, set it at a mayoral level London Plan and stick to it. If a site has 100m heigh and room for 500 homes thats what it gets. build 100% affordable on council land, there is s
t loads of it. Start a council DM Knife crime, shoplifting, and low level unsocial behaviour. I don't care who does it, but this needs tackling. We need more police on the streets as a visible deterrent.
knife crime and ASB root cause is kids not having things to do, or role models to look upto, becuase services have been cut to the bone. Locking people up in this regard isnt a deterant.
shoplifting because you need to eat is different from shoplifting for a living. The former needs macro social changes, the latter needs deporting
but all your points generally sound like angry daily mail gammon points driven up by a right wing media in order to distract a populous from real issues around an election.
Susan Hall is a joke candidate, shes there to help the tories outside london. not win the election which she has zero hope in hell of doing. She has about as much compassion to those who struggle in inner city london as a dog turd.
gt_12345 said:
Because all those with the money (who work Mon to Thurs in the office) can't wait to escape to the Cotswalds Thursday night
Because London is such a dump
London's a great place. But so are the Cotswolds.Because London is such a dump
I'm not sure anyone changing their travel patterns over a £2 fare discount is going to be boosting the London economy massively, but who knows what people think and do.
SK and the other candidates are just like the cretins in the HoP...only with Napoleon syndrome.
Murph7355 said:
gt_12345 said:
Because all those with the money (who work Mon to Thurs in the office) can't wait to escape to the Cotswalds Thursday night
Because London is such a dump
London's a great place. But so are the Cotswolds.Because London is such a dump
I'm not sure anyone changing their travel patterns over a £2 fare discount is going to be boosting the London economy massively, but who knows what people think and do.
SK and the other candidates are just like the cretins in the HoP...only with Napoleon syndrome.
It only peaked because people had to be in the office. Now they dont (wfh etc) people can't wait to move.
Seasonal Hero said:
gt_12345 said:
Thank you for adding the link.
I don't know his entire speech (in case he also said something outrageous) but didn't he simply say cultures clash and there will be rivers of blood?
Google will help you educate yourself here.I don't know his entire speech (in case he also said something outrageous) but didn't he simply say cultures clash and there will be rivers of blood?
z4RRSchris said:
i do drive, its much easier to set blanket wide borough speed limits than have this road X and that road Y. but again the fact that you want to drive down the A23 at 40mph wont get you anywhere faster than if you drove down it at 20mph, there are lights every few hundred metres. Just relax, drive at 20 and listen to the radio.
They aren't blanketly enforced though. You could be driving down a quiet side road and it's 30mph, and then go into a main road and it's 20mph. Probably different councils and it's not joined up. For me, 20mph is fine for side roads and near schools, but not for main roads.z4RRSchris said:
knife crime and ASB root cause is kids not having things to do, or role models to look upto, becuase services have been cut to the bone. Locking people up in this regard isnt a deterant.
I grew up in a very rough part of London, and can see how knife crime has got worse, and agree that reducing services has not helped. An adequate deterrent has not helped either. Did you grow up in London?z4RRSchris said:
shoplifting because you need to eat is different from shoplifting for a living. The former needs macro social changes, the latter needs deporting
Yes, I see that difference too, and the shoplifting i've seen in person from major shops is more opportunist and "organised crime" than a homeless person grabbing something to eat. What has your experience been of this?z4RRSchris said:
but all your points generally sound like angry daily mail gammon points driven up by a right wing media in order to distract a populous from real issues around an election.
For me having spent my whole life here, and having not had much and working hard, I can see what the issues are around me. We can differ on some of these points, but having security of housing, personal safety, and cost of living are big issues we need to fix. The gap between the have have-nots is getting bigger all the time.z4RRSchris said:
Susan Hall is a joke candidate, shes there to help the tories outside london. not win the election which she has zero hope in hell of doing. She has about as much compassion to those who struggle in inner city london as a dog turd.
Yepz4RRSchris said:
knife crime and ASB root cause is kids not having things to do, or role models to look upto, becuase services have been cut to the bone. Locking people up in this regard isnt a deterant.
And yet kids in poor areas outside of London have no problems?In fact certain kids inside London have no problems. But best we don't go there.... eh?
s1962a said:
gt_12345 said:
s1962a said:
gt_12345 said:
I don't know his entire speech (in case he also said something outrageous) but didn't he simply say cultures clash and there will be rivers of blood?
gt_12345 said:
z4RRSchris said:
knife crime and ASB root cause is kids not having things to do, or role models to look upto, becuase services have been cut to the bone. Locking people up in this regard isnt a deterant.
And yet kids in poor areas outside of London have no problems?In fact certain kids inside London have no problems. But best we don't go there.... eh?
much harder to get involved in postcode wars in Dorset, cant really see the inner city youth of Devizes starting beef with Potterne. Its too far away for a start.
gt_12345 said:
And yet kids in poor areas outside of London have no problems?
Which is not true. Knife crime is the most prevalent in London, but it is a scourge all across the UK. gt_12345 said:
In fact certain kids inside London have no problems. But best we don't go there.... eh?
Go on.. which parts of London have no problems with knife crime? No doubt you'll be telling me that Hendon and areas around there have little crime. This might be true as I have a mate who lives around there and he pays for security to patrol the area. Something that would be good to have in other parts if we could afford it.What part of the UK do you live in?
gt_12345 said:
bhstewie said:
hstewie said:gt_12345 said:
Waycist?
What did she retweet/endorse?
Stuff like this. What did she retweet/endorse?
https://x.com/LBC/status/1706960619788730560?s=20
I don't know his entire speech (in case he also said something outrageous) but didn't he simply say cultures clash and there will be rivers of blood?
Plus a quick 2 minutes on Google would show it's a little more than a one-off i.e. https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-09-15/tory-ma...
s1962a said:
z4RRSchris said:
i do drive, its much easier to set blanket wide borough speed limits than have this road X and that road Y. but again the fact that you want to drive down the A23 at 40mph wont get you anywhere faster than if you drove down it at 20mph, there are lights every few hundred metres. Just relax, drive at 20 and listen to the radio.
They aren't blanketly enforced though. You could be driving down a quiet side road and it's 30mph, and then go into a main road and it's 20mph. Probably different councils and it's not joined up. For me, 20mph is fine for side roads and near schools, but not for main roads.z4RRSchris said:
knife crime and ASB root cause is kids not having things to do, or role models to look upto, becuase services have been cut to the bone. Locking people up in this regard isnt a deterant.
I grew up in a very rough part of London, and can see how knife crime has got worse, and agree that reducing services has not helped. An adequate deterrent has not helped either. Did you grow up in London?z4RRSchris said:
shoplifting because you need to eat is different from shoplifting for a living. The former needs macro social changes, the latter needs deporting
Yes, I see that difference too, and the shoplifting i've seen in person from major shops is more opportunist and "organised crime" than a homeless person grabbing something to eat. What has your experience been of this?z4RRSchris said:
but all your points generally sound like angry daily mail gammon points driven up by a right wing media in order to distract a populous from real issues around an election.
For me having spent my whole life here, and having not had much and working hard, I can see what the issues are around me. We can differ on some of these points, but having security of housing, personal safety, and cost of living are big issues we need to fix. The gap between the have have-nots is getting bigger all the time.z4RRSchris said:
Susan Hall is a joke candidate, shes there to help the tories outside london. not win the election which she has zero hope in hell of doing. She has about as much compassion to those who struggle in inner city london as a dog turd.
Yep"knife crime" in london is mostly gang on gang. kids fighting. they should be other options for them than being told to shot weed and heroin for someone else and handed a knife. the less you spend on other options, the more knife crime there is.
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