Election Year or Fear!

[Geoff Parkstone]

Speaking to London residents I have encountered very few who would agree - but you clearly know a different corps of contacts : or believe the far left media....

We must agree to differ

[SithHappens]

If he's that bad why do they keep re-electing him?

Maybe the standard of his opponents has been very low, haven't really paid that much attention.

See Trump said he refused to allow him to attend the banquet but Khan said he didn't want to go anyway and never asked for an invite.

Now one of them is lying.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Sith: why did Trump get reelected?''Why did the Tories keep getting reelected. Sentiment here says they were incompetent. Khan getting reelected and being incompetent isn't in the least been inconsistent when viewed in the light of those precedents....just because you are reelected doesn't mean you're good at the job - I'd say possibly more a case of people voting parties not performance. The adage of a Tory/Labour voter electing a pug if it wore a Blue/Red rosette...

[Geoff Parkstone]

I think you will find that Clowes Developments are not like some of the larger national firms and I'm sure your aware of the sharp practices that some of the other developers undertake, whether it be sub standard houses with multiple defects and estates with no supporting facilities, to the very real scandal of substandard and dangerous cladding. To be fair I might add that these are things which a good planning system and building control should be on top of, but hey wait a minute, building control in many local authorities has been outsourced to private companies!!

But hey, wait a minute - if the council outsources a function they dtill remain responsible for the actions of that outsourcer. You cant get away with that excuse, if the private company errs then (a) the council is still responsible via vicarious liability and (b) the council is further guilty of lack of oversight/management of a key function. Nice try but no cigar

[ramAnag]

So you are excusing his lying due to him using a second hand joke?

NB That was funny when I first heard it many moons ago, neutral/evenly targeted political humour can be hilarious but as a means of sneaking in someone?s own political bias, yawn.

How am I excusing anything? I’m just pointing out that MA was correct to suggest that Trump had objected to Kimmel mocking him.

[ramAnag]

As you said, rA I know less about politics than you, but it seems unlikely that a majority of the country would have voted for the Tories on three consecutive occasions if they believed thm to be responsible for the country's ruination. Yet you do...

When have I ever suggested that you know less about politics than me? That’s just not true and I wouldn’t be so presumptuous.
I’ve said that YOU know more about London than ME, which living on its outskirts compared with me having been there once in the last five years is certainly true, but that is the only comparison between us I’ve made, although I think voting for mayor is rather more parochial than voting in a GE and I repeat…three consecutive election victories for who should be in charge of London must say something about the majority view of Londoners.

[MadAmster]

How am I excusing anything? I’m just pointing out that MA was correct to suggest that Trump had objected to Kimmel mocking him.

Did MAGA delight in blaming the left, the Democrats, Trans and God knows who else apart from themselves in this when nobody, apart from the shooter himself, knew who had done it?

IMO, they most certainly did.

[Geoff Parkstone]

When have I ever suggested that you know less about politics than me? That’s just not true and I wouldn’t be so presumptuous.
I’ve said that YOU know more about London than ME, which living on its outskirts compared with me having been there once in the last five years is certainly true, but that is the only comparison between us I’ve made, although I think voting for mayor is rather more parochial than voting in a GE and I repeat…three consecutive election victories for who should be in charge of London must say something about the majority view of Londoners.

just as 3 successive victories by the Tories must say something about the majority view of the British. You cannot say Khan's reappointment means he must have done a good job without admitting theat the Tort 3 consecutive wins must mean they did a good job

[MadAmster]

Does this article tell the MAGA story as it is, in all its abhorrent "glory".

24-year old Matthew James Ruth. Yesterday, he shot and killed 3 cops with an AR-style rifle. He's yet ANOTHER young, white male murderer in America who Republicans will ignore because it doesn't fit their narrative. And it gets worse...
He stalked a woman. He set her truck on fire. He killed her dog. Then he murdered three detectives.
This is the story of a young, white male from Hanover, Pennsylvania whose violent spiral was ignored until it exploded into tragedy. Neighbors and cameras had seen him creeping outside his ex-girlfriend’s home with a rifle. Her truck was set on fire. He was accused of stalking, trespassing, loitering. There were warning signs everywhere. And yet, somehow, the system didn’t stop him.
On September 17, when police went to serve a warrant, Ruth was waiting. He opened fire with an AR-style rifle equipped with a suppressor. In seconds, three detectives were dead. Two more officers wounded. When authorities finally made it into the house, they found his ex-girlfriend’s dog shot dead in the basement.
Here’s the bitter truth: if this story didn’t involve murdered police officers, you’d probably never hear about it. Because for the Republican Party, for the gun lobby, and for too many in power, deaths only matter when they can be used for political theater.
If it’s a cop, Republicans and gun makers at the NRA shout about “law and order.” If it’s a woman terrorized by a violent ex, or a child caught in the crossfire, or an everyday American gunned down at school or in the street? Silence. Shrugs. “Thoughts and prayers.” Just another gun death in America.
Because he doesn’t fit the Republican Party’s agenda. Because they can’t use his story to fuel their culture wars. And that’s the real sickness here: a country drowning in bloodshed while one political party decides which deaths are “useful” enough to matter.
Every one of these lives mattered. Every warning sign ignored is another indictment of a system rigged for inaction. And until we stop letting Republicans cherry-pick tragedies to exploit while ignoring the rest, we’ll keep watching the same horror show repeat itself, over and over.
Unlike with Charlie Kirk, there will be no flags flown at half-staff, and Trump will simply IGNORE this shooting, like he does most others.
Our deepest condolences to the families of the murdered and injured officers.

[ramAnag]

just as 3 successive victories by the Tories must say something about the majority view of the British. You cannot say Khan's reappointment means he must have done a good job without admitting theat the Tort 3 consecutive wins must mean they did a good job

Obviously it did say something about the majority view of the British. It would be pointless to deny that.
I disagreed with that view but so what?
I have no idea whether Khan is doing a good job or not, but self evidently the majority, albeit a decreasing majority, of Londoners
think he’s been worth both electing and then twice re-electing.

[Andy_Faber]

Does this article tell the MAGA story as it is, in all its abhorrent "glory".

24-year old Matthew James Ruth. Yesterday, he shot and killed 3 cops with an AR-style rifle. He's yet ANOTHER young, white male murderer in America who Republicans will ignore because it doesn't fit their narrative. And it gets worse...
He stalked a woman. He set her truck on fire. He killed her dog. Then he murdered three detectives.
This is the story of a young, white male from Hanover, Pennsylvania whose violent spiral was ignored until it exploded into tragedy. Neighbors and cameras had seen him creeping outside his ex-girlfriend’s home with a rifle. Her truck was set on fire. He was accused of stalking, trespassing, loitering. There were warning signs everywhere. And yet, somehow, the system didn’t stop him.
On September 17, when police went to serve a warrant, Ruth was waiting. He opened fire with an AR-style rifle equipped with a suppressor. In seconds, three detectives were dead. Two more officers wounded. When authorities finally made it into the house, they found his ex-girlfriend’s dog shot dead in the basement.
Here’s the bitter truth: if this story didn’t involve murdered police officers, you’d probably never hear about it. Because for the Republican Party, for the gun lobby, and for too many in power, deaths only matter when they can be used for political theater.
If it’s a cop, Republicans and gun makers at the NRA shout about “law and order.” If it’s a woman terrorized by a violent ex, or a child caught in the crossfire, or an everyday American gunned down at school or in the street? Silence. Shrugs. “Thoughts and prayers.” Just another gun death in America.
Because he doesn’t fit the Republican Party’s agenda. Because they can’t use his story to fuel their culture wars. And that’s the real sickness here: a country drowning in bloodshed while one political party decides which deaths are “useful” enough to matter.
Every one of these lives mattered. Every warning sign ignored is another indictment of a system rigged for inaction. And until we stop letting Republicans cherry-pick tragedies to exploit while ignoring the rest, we’ll keep watching the same horror show repeat itself, over and over.
Unlike with Charlie Kirk, there will be no flags flown at half-staff, and Trump will simply IGNORE this shooting, like he does most others.
Our deepest condolences to the families of the murdered and injured officers.

For every Matthew Ruth I could raise you a Decarlos Brown Jr but there’s no point in tit for tatting, every incident is a loss of life and that should be the focus, not the fallout rhetoric

[ramAnag]

For every Matthew Ruth I could raise you a Decarlos Brown Jr but there?’s no point in tit for tatting, every incident is a loss of life and that should be the focus, not the fallout rhetoric

Agreed, ‘tit for tatting’ is futile, but surely the ultimate truth is, it is always those on the Right - Republicans, NRA etc - who seek to promote the carrying/ownership of arms as a ‘God given right’, while those further to the Left are invariably the ones seeking to restrict the availability of guns.

If loss of life is really your focus then you know who’s side you should be on.

[Andy_Faber]

Agreed, ‘tit for tatting’ is futile, but surely the ultimate truth is, it is always those on the Right - Republicans, NRA etc - who seek to promote the carrying/ownership of arms as a ‘God given right’, while those further to the Left are invariably the ones seeking to restrict the availability of guns.

If loss of life is really your focus then you know who’s side you should be on.

Nice evangelising rA but guns and knives know no political colour

[swaledale]

Nice evangelising rA but guns and knives know no political colour

To an extent, though the only main political party in the US that has ever suggested or attempted to have stricter controls on gun ownership has been the Democrats and always under enormous pressure from both republicans and that notorious lobbying group the National Rife Association. So your statement is not really factual or meaningful.

Oh wasn't it the late unlamented (by any reasonable person) Kirk who avowed that the right to have guns, was worth the odd sacrifice in life? Funny how him and many on the Right are so worked up about abortion and the threat to a potential life, yet hold the view that 50 - 100 children (actual living humans) dying from guns every year is acceptable collateral damage!

And before you get your AI friend to give you "facts" yes the 50-100 figure is a guesstimate of mine, don't think I'm far wrong though, taking into account individual cases and the odd school/college shooting incident.

[swaledale]

Speaking to London residents I have encountered very few who would agree - but you clearly know a different corps of contacts : or believe the far left media....

We must agree to differ

Indeed because most London residents I know and thats a fair few, plus relatives I have living in the capital think he has on the whole done a good job. Far left media??? I know of no such thing perhaps you can enlighten me on that?

So the principle areas where Khan has failed London then, doesn't have to be an exhaustive list just a few main points will do.

I'm happy to provide some examples of what he has done in exchange.