Matt.GC
TS Member
I can't get over emotional about Sadiq Kahn as I don't live in London. I'm interested in the electoral sense just like I am with all the other mayoral elections. But ultimately, unless you actually live or work in London, very little of his actions will have an impact on you.
So you have to question why there's so much emotion and coverage around him from national government, and in national media. Why does Sunak slag him and his London centric policies off so much when he is the Prime Minister of the entirety of the UK? Why did an MP from Ashfield, a place that is over 130 miles away from London and has nothing to do with the mayor of London's office, see it fit launch a racist attack based on a conspiracy theory that he'd just made up?
London's previous mayors consisted of someone who was kicked out of the Labour party for remarks they considered anti-Semitic, and the other was one of the most dishonest, corrupt, incompetent, and populist politicians to ever be elected to high office in this country. Issues of far higher national importance than some ULEZ charge that 95% of the rest of the UK populace will never be impacted by. I don't get a vote in Wales, or for the Mayor of Bristol, yet because of where I live I found myself on a Welsh 20mph road the other week and in the Bristol Clean Air Zone on on Tuesday night. Yet I'm expected to hate Sadiq Kahn for implementing policies that have zero impact on me in a city that is 138 miles away instead?
Maybe Sadiq Kahn is a little bit too Islamic looking for some people's liking? Maybe this makes him an easy target when you're a government presiding over a country that you've dealt significant damage to, and you're in serious electoral trouble. Deflect attention from the skeletons by blaming the 'other' entities.
Edit to avoid double posting:
Houchen has won the Tees Valley Mayoralty for a second term. Like Street, he's distanced himself from the rest of the Tories whilst campaigning. No doubt Tory MP's will be wheeled out to use this as their good news story.
BBC News - Local election results 2024 live: Starmer tells Sunak to go as Labour wins Blackpool South - BBC News
So you have to question why there's so much emotion and coverage around him from national government, and in national media. Why does Sunak slag him and his London centric policies off so much when he is the Prime Minister of the entirety of the UK? Why did an MP from Ashfield, a place that is over 130 miles away from London and has nothing to do with the mayor of London's office, see it fit launch a racist attack based on a conspiracy theory that he'd just made up?
London's previous mayors consisted of someone who was kicked out of the Labour party for remarks they considered anti-Semitic, and the other was one of the most dishonest, corrupt, incompetent, and populist politicians to ever be elected to high office in this country. Issues of far higher national importance than some ULEZ charge that 95% of the rest of the UK populace will never be impacted by. I don't get a vote in Wales, or for the Mayor of Bristol, yet because of where I live I found myself on a Welsh 20mph road the other week and in the Bristol Clean Air Zone on on Tuesday night. Yet I'm expected to hate Sadiq Kahn for implementing policies that have zero impact on me in a city that is 138 miles away instead?
Maybe Sadiq Kahn is a little bit too Islamic looking for some people's liking? Maybe this makes him an easy target when you're a government presiding over a country that you've dealt significant damage to, and you're in serious electoral trouble. Deflect attention from the skeletons by blaming the 'other' entities.
Edit to avoid double posting:
Houchen has won the Tees Valley Mayoralty for a second term. Like Street, he's distanced himself from the rest of the Tories whilst campaigning. No doubt Tory MP's will be wheeled out to use this as their good news story.
BBC News - Local election results 2024 live: Starmer tells Sunak to go as Labour wins Blackpool South - BBC News
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