World's best city can't have four more years of its worst-ever mayor, writes ... trends now
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Sadiq Khan stands on the brink of four more years of power as London's mayor.
Four more years of violent muggings and mothers in mourning for children lost to knife attacks.
Four more years of sky-rocketing rents and a dearth of affordable homes. Four more years of taxpayers' money sunk into Khan's vanity projects.
The election on Thursday will shape the future of our great capital. But before Londoners cast their votes, I urge them to consider Khan's dismal track record.
Figures last week showed that knife crime in the city has mushroomed by 20 per cent in a year.
But in an LBC radio debate on Tuesday with his Conservative rival Susan Hall, Khan mocked her concern about 'gangs running around with machetes', quipping: 'I think the Tory candidate should stop watching The Wire.'
London is on the brink of four more years of Sadiq Khan. i urge voters to consider his dismal track record, writes NICK CANDY
The ugly wisecrack says everything about his head-in-the-sand attitude towards the issue.
As the Met's Police and Crime Commissioner, he has the power to authorise more stop-and-search – a tactic that allows officers to carry out a search without making an arrest.
But stop-and-search has almost halved during Khan's eight-year tenure and, in turn, knife crime has risen by 53 per cent.
