What's Sadiq Khan Think He's Playing At?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61416295
...even his own party has distanced itself from this dopey (geddit?) idea!

[Cloverjo]

It’s worth looking at and debating, I think. I don’t like it myself, but let’s see if anyone can persuade us we need this.

[Mozz71]

I don't see the problem. They're looking into it, nothing more. Nothing is in place.

[douglas9401]

'waves arms in a frenetic manner and babbles about gateway drugs and psychoses'

Now pass me a glass of that tax-raising liver-killer so I can shorten my life for the benefit of the country.

[gulliver1]

Sadiq Khan is probably still Thinking what a glorious victory last thursday was, after his Party won Westminster , Wandsworth. and Barnet from Boris and his Con Party.

[Togo]

They love their Shisha Pipes(smoked indoors without any ban being enforced) with or without Hashish.

[Mozz71]

"They" Togo? Who are "they"?

[douglas9401]

The Browns, Mozz, obvs. :-)

[youngmafbog]

Perhaps he is a pot head?

//I don't see the problem. They're looking into it, nothing more. Nothing is in place.//

Its a waste of time and money, Priti has said it wont happen. Khan doesnt have the power to change the law, just like any other single person.

And its been looked at many times, and debated many times.

[sandyRoe]

Is it such a dopey idea? We seem to be out of step with much of the rest of the western world.
It wouldn't be for me, though. Nicotine and alcohol are my drugs of choice.

[douglas9401]

"//I don't see the problem. They're looking into it, nothing more. Nothing is in place.//"

There seems to have been a confusion with the goverment's anti-immigration 'strategy'.

[davebro]

it should be legalised - end of

[youngmafbog]

No it shouldn't. End of.

Debate at its finest :-)

[webbo3]

Dealers will undercut the legal stuff and continue to get kids to deal for them.

[jno]

Ms Patel tweeted that the mayor's time would be better spent focusing on knife and drug crime in London.

lol. The person in charge of the Met isn't the mayor, it's the Home Secretary. Who would that be, I wonder?

[Togo]

//Since Khan became Mayor, crime rates in London have been increasing in every reporting year, whereby London is currently "experiencing an upsurge in serious violent crime, particularly among teenagers and young men". In figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), crime in London was five times higher than the rest of the United Kingdom in 2019. Killings using a blade saw a 28 percent increase from 67 in 2018 to 86 in 2019.
In an interview with LBC, Khan accepted responsibility for rising crime in London as the Police and Crime Commissioner for the city.//

Wikipedia.

[Togo]

Police and Crime Commisioner!!!

[Togo]

Outranks the senior Met officer of the day!! Ask Cresida Dick.

[Atheist]

Togo; do you really believe that the Mayor of London has the power to reduce violent crime? Do you not perhaps think that 'prohibition' of cannabis results in the rise of the 'Mobs'? It didn't work for alcohol in America, and alcohol as a drug is far more conducive to violent behaviour than cannabis. The violence comes from the illegality, not the reactions to cannabis ingestion.

[THECORBYLOON]

"WHAT WAS CLAIMED

In London crime has risen five times faster than the rest of the country since Sadiq Khan became Mayor in 2016.

OUR VERDICT
Incorrect. Recorded crime per person in London has increased by 18% over this period, less than the 31% increase across England overall. These statistics only count crime recorded by police, and it’s estimated that overall crime is decreasing."

https://fullfact.org/crime/London-vs-england-2016-2020/

[Togo]

Note!! Again.
//In an interview with LBC, Khan accepted responsibility for rising crime in London as the Police and Crime Commissioner for the city.//
Wikipedia.

When Boris was Mayor he managed the reduction of crime by about 20% including the murder rate!!