On 28 June 2019, Gareth Bacon, a Conservative member of the London Assembly, put this question to Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London:
Gareth Bacon: "On 2 June [2019] you gave an interview to Niall Paterson at Sky News. He asked you, 'To what extent then is it a matter of personal regret to you that London is less safe than when you took the job?' You responded, 'it is not less safe'... And then you talked about the various things that you were doing. I thought, 'that is interesting,' and so I had a look at the Metropolitan Police Service’s (MPS) statistics.
In 2015/16, for example, there were 21,361 robberies recorded. Last year there were 35,216, which is an increase of 65%. In that light, Mr Mayor, do you think that stating that London is not less safe than when you took over was an honest thing to say?"
Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): "I do."
Gareth Bacon AM: "You do? That is extraordinary."
Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): "I am very happy to have a discussion on the definition of robbery, actually, but it depends which metrics you use to measure safety... It depends which metrics you use to measure safety. It could be robbery. It could be..."
Gareth Bacon AM: "These are MP's statistics, Mr Mayor, that are published and available online"...
Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): "I am quite clear that, as far as London is concerned, we are a safe city"...
Gareth Bacon AM: "In 2015/16, there were 9,704 recorded knife crimes and last year there were 15,003, which is an increase of 55%. Do you think that stating that London is not less safe than when you took over was an honest thing to say?"
Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): "We are safer. I will give you one example where you can measure success in relation to the progress we are making to deal with terrorism. We are making big progress there!"
Gareth Bacon AM: "I did not ask about terrorism."
Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): "... and also in relation to homicides and in relation to under-25s who are injured by knife crime. It depends which metrics you use. We can go around in circles in relation to this. There are some metrics where we are doing less well than before I became Mayor and some metrics where we are doing better.
There is also the context nationally and internationally. For example, you can look at what is happening..."
Gareth Bacon AM: "Sorry, I am not asking about national crime. I am asking about crime in London, which the Mayor is responsible for dealing with. Another statistic, Mr Mayor: in 2015/16 there were 1,804 gun crimes, according to the MPS, and last year there were 2,342, which is an increase of 30%. Again, do you think that saying that London is not less safe now than when you took over was an honest thing to say?"
Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): "I do."
Gareth Bacon AM: "You do? Gun crime is up, robbery is up, knife crime is up, rape is up, taking motor vehicle offences are up, residential burglary is up, knife crime with injury is up and knife crime with injury and robbery is up, and you think honestly that London is more safe now than when you took over as Mayor of London?"
Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): "I do."
Gareth Bacon AM: "That is absolutely extraordinary."Absolutely extraordinary.
Except it's not. Politicians lie. Dishonesty is the default position.
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Absolutely extraordinary.
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Muammar Gaddafi at the United Nations.
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