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I find the inclusion of the statement about the Mayor of London to be very strange. He has very limited powers in this area [0]. In contrast to the government,

I find the inclusion of the statement about the Mayor of London to be very strange. He has very limited powers in this area [0]. In contrast to the government, who have, in real-terms, massively cut public services including policing [1], social care, education, and youth services which have a far more direct link to increasing crime - especially county lines [2] (drug networks) and youth knife crime, both of which have featured heavily in the news recently. [0]: https://fullfact.org/news/what-can-mayor-london-actually-do/ https://fullfact.org/news/what-can-mayor-london-actually-do/ [1]: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45477960 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45477960 [2]: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/county-lines https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/county-lines

stuaxo 7y ago
County lines seems more like a convenient myth. It's much easier if people can assume it's not locals involved, but instead scary gangsters from london (code for black people?).
- reallydontask 7y ago
  > County lines seems more like a convenient myth. Never heard the term before, learnt something new today I guess :)
- DanBC 7y ago
  County lines are real, as is cuckooing. I get that you don't believe their real, but I'm curious about how much effort you've taken to investigate the phenomena.
  - stallmanite 7y ago
    It never ceases to amaze me how deep and broad the knock-on effects of prohibition are. What a clusterfuck.
dustinmoris 7y ago
If the Mayor of London doesn't have significant influence over how budgets are spent on the police and other public sectors and infrastructure in London then we might as well scrape that position altogether. Currently I feel like the Mayor is spending all his time and budget on personal PR and conducting dumb Twitter fights with foreign leaders. I get it, we all hate Trump, but our Mayor should not have to worry about foreign presidents, no matter how dumb these presidents are. The UK has a foreign secretary for that work. The Mayor should entirely focus his efforts and OUR TAX MONEY on the issues which our city has. I hate it that our hard earned tax money is being used for the Mayor to fund his personal PR campaigns to further progress his political career. How is that useful to anyone? And yes, I agree, the government is 100% responsible for cuts to the public sector and that's why all the establishment parties (Tories and Labour) are both in the shits, because they both have failed this country. There's no party I could currently vote for. Tories have literally wasted everyone's time and money for the last couple years with their own Game of Thrones game in their ranks, Labour is just an incognito racist party with Corbyn being dumb and ideological which is a dangerous combination (like Hitler was), Lib Dem and Greens are like a water melon, green on the outside, but red inside, and UKIP is just a disgrace full stop. They are all responsible for the UK's problems, but when I have to point my finger at someone for the problems in London, then the first instance is the Mayor of London.
- agrippanux 7y ago
  Agree in an ideal world the Mayor shouldn't have to worry about Trump, but Trump tends to attack him directly with misinformation and lies so I would expect the Mayor to defend himself.

stuaxo 7y ago

County lines seems more like a convenient myth. It's much easier if people can assume it's not locals involved, but instead scary gangsters from london (code for black people?).

reallydontask 7y ago
> County lines seems more like a convenient myth. Never heard the term before, learnt something new today I guess :)
DanBC 7y ago
County lines are real, as is cuckooing. I get that you don't believe their real, but I'm curious about how much effort you've taken to investigate the phenomena.
- stallmanite 7y ago
  It never ceases to amaze me how deep and broad the knock-on effects of prohibition are. What a clusterfuck.

dustinmoris 7y ago

If the Mayor of London doesn't have significant influence over how budgets are spent on the police and other public sectors and infrastructure in London then we might as well scrape that position altogether. Currently I feel like the Mayor is spending all his time and budget on personal PR and conducting dumb Twitter fights with foreign leaders. I get it, we all hate Trump, but our Mayor should not have to worry about foreign presidents, no matter how dumb these presidents are. The UK has a foreign secretary for that work. The Mayor should entirely focus his efforts and OUR TAX MONEY on the issues which our city has. I hate it that our hard earned tax money is being used for the Mayor to fund his personal PR campaigns to further progress his political career. How is that useful to anyone? And yes, I agree, the government is 100% responsible for cuts to the public sector and that's why all the establishment parties (Tories and Labour) are both in the shits, because they both have failed this country. There's no party I could currently vote for. Tories have literally wasted everyone's time and money for the last couple years with their own Game of Thrones game in their ranks, Labour is just an incognito racist party with Corbyn being dumb and ideological which is a dangerous combination (like Hitler was), Lib Dem and Greens are like a water melon, green on the outside, but red inside, and UKIP is just a disgrace full stop. They are all responsible for the UK's problems, but when I have to point my finger at someone for the problems in London, then the first instance is the Mayor of London.

agrippanux 7y ago
Agree in an ideal world the Mayor shouldn't have to worry about Trump, but Trump tends to attack him directly with misinformation and lies so I would expect the Mayor to defend himself.