Quote Originally Posted by swaledale View Post
Indeed, though I feel your missing the point somewhat, which is that there is clearly much spinning of a negative narrative by Farage and others, not just on London, but more generally with "Britain is broken" and similar negative propositions, largely based on a one sided,slectively chosen anecdotes, or actual incidents without context.

Plus I can draw on the lived experienceof family and friends who have lived and worked in London for decades and my own experience of working and visting London and I worked for 3 years in social housing so not in the most salubrious parts! All in all their experiences are positive, it isn't the hell hole of crime thats been portrayed.

I do remember my daughter telling me about a friend of hers from Derbyshire who visited her in London, who acted as if she was likely to be robbed or assaulted or worse whenever they were out and about, fears based purely on her lack of knowledge and expereince of being in London and an awareness of its "reputation".

My point was that there are examples (I gave one outside my own network) of positive experiences of life in London which run contrary to the narrative pushed by others.
You’ll be amazed to hear that my anecdote on this from my daughter, a two year resident into London, who says she feels safer in her part of London than she did in Derby/Nottingham. That’s her part though, She does also say though that there are ‘less safe’ areas, and it’s reflected most clearly in her eyes in rental prices. She has also seen (despite seeking it) very little integration between communities, of course that doesn’t mean that any one community is ‘worse’ than any other, just that they don’t see the need to mix (socially)