If Sadiq Khan gets another term, the ULEZ expansion will devastate families and small businesses, crime will continue to soar, and the housing crisis will push talented young people out of the city.
CCHQ says no, others claim yes. Either way, that Goodwin might make her claim was foreseeable, and one needs little imagination to picture the consequence.
Bear in mind that if a week is a long time in politics, 16 months is an eternity. A lot can happen between now and October 2024, surely the earliest date for the general election.
Perhaps the most unforgivable failure of Khan’s time in office is one that affects every single person in this city, from Hillingdon to Havering, from Enfield to Croydon: crime, and the state of the Met Police.
I will amend the London Plan to promote an increase in affordable family homes, instead of tower blocks and one bedroom flats.
Seven years of Khan have brought us to the point where the Met Police and the London Fire Brigade are both in special measures. Transport for London (TfL) is bust and, despite recent rhetoric, nowhere near enough homes are being built.
The localist idea that decisions should be taken as close to the people they affect as possible, has been undermined by the Mayor of London’s failings.
To that end, it is imperative that the campaign is well backed. We must have a core set of messages on issues that apply across the whole of London.
In Greater London, Greater Manchester, and the West Midlands, we see the politicking, wokery, and limpness of Labour that would continue nationally were it given the keys to Number 10.
The Mayor has no mandate for this irresponsible move. It was not in his Manifesto. Let’s put the power back in the hands of Londoners.
Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet ministers have repeatedly lent support to activist groups that seek to reduce police powers to crack down on those very same gun-toting gangs.
The former Conservative leader hits out at Sadiq Khan whilst in conversation with Camilla Tominey.
Consultation found three quarters of Outer London residents oppose the expansion, and neighbouring councils are refusing to cooperate.
We also need to be a safer city. It is a scandal that London’s roads are the least safe of any major European city, with Transport for London buses involved in 24,000 collisions each year.
The Conservative platform must promise the core Conservative voter a return to competent government, and promise the progressive voter, strategic future-looking policy innovation.