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The Metropolitan Police has recorded 62 murders so far this year.

 

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said he does not believe he has done anything wrong in the battle against violent crime in the capital.

Despite criticism of his response to an upsurge of serious gun and knife attacks in London, Mr Khan insisted things would be worse if it were not for his initiatives.

Asked what he had done wrong in dealing with the situation, the mayor told LBC: "I don't think we have done anything wrong in London.

"Nor do I think, by the way, the police and crime commissioners across the country have done much wrong."

The Metropolitan Police have recorded 62 murders so far this year, of which 39 involved knives and 10 guns.

In the first three months of this year 45 murders were recorded, compared with the first quarter of 2017 when there were 23.

The mayor defended his record, saying: "I think things would be worse if we didn't invest the new money we invested in this year and last year."

Accepting responsibility for policing in the capital, Mr Khan said all sectors of society needed to work together to tackle serious violent crime.

He said: "We should not excuse or tolerate serious violent crime.

"We should not think that it's OK for there just to be one stabbing rather than three.

"We have got to make sure we stop young people thinking it's OK to carry a knife, or that that gives them a sense of belonging or respect.

"That means investing in young people.

"I'm determined to do what I can to invest in prevention and also in enforcement."

Tory MP, and party vice chairman for London, Paul Scully said: "Sadiq Khan needs to take action on violent crime for the safety of Londoners.

"As the Mayor of London he has direct responsibility - and the powers - to tackle violent crime in our city, and shifting the blame will not save the lives that are tragically being lost on the capital's streets."

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[Zulu 22 + 4,630]

He is a Politician and talks the same as they all do, a load of rubbish. I am not a Londoner and never have been but I have not read and seen much, if anything that he has done to make any improvement, certainly not in Policing or Crime matters.

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said he does not believe he has done anything wrong in the battle against violent crime in the capital.

Really, Mr Khan? Then you appear to be more deluded than even I thought.

Criticising the police seemingly every opportunity, particularly as far as stop and search goes, and you feel you haven't done anything wrong?

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17 hours ago, David said:

Really, Mr Khan? Then you appear to be more deluded than even I thought.
Criticising the police seemingly every opportunity, particularly as far as stop and search goes, and you feel you haven't done anything wrong?

The theme with politicians seems to be "But I didn't say ALL stop and search was bad, it just needs to be more intelligence led"... all the while ignoring that it has actually been that way since 1984.

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The theme with politicians seems to be "But I didn't say ALL stop and search was bad, it just needs to be more intelligence led"... all the while ignoring that it has actually been that way since 1984.

Can’t agree more. The strap line amongst politicians (and sadly some senior officers) is “we are in favour of increased intelligence led, targeted stop and search.” Hmm, you mean what the legislation says and how I was trained? I have never known it to be anything other than that.

When I hear Saddiq Khan talk about stop and search I always have the mental image of the newspaper article featuring him and the headline “I’d do everything in my power to cut stop and search.”

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Mr Khan is not alone in screaming 'racism' every other word which, along with groups with their own narrow agenda, is why the police, and not just the Met, are reluctant, even scared, to actually perform a stop and search or interact at all. Well, I've said it for years. We reap what we sow, and boy are we gathering in the harvest now.

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Lets be thankful there are those who put themselves forward to carry out the job of London Mayor, a thankless task at best. May he be supported in his role to keep London safe, its hard work I'm sure.

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18 minutes ago, Pavillion said:

 its hard work I'm sure.

I hope his £145k salary reflects all the hard work he does.

He's a career politician. Let's not put our backs out kowtowing to him too much eh?

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Lets be thankful there are those who put themselves forward to carry out the job of London Mayor, a thankless task at best. May he be supported in his role to keep London safe, its hard work I'm sure.

I'm sure his salary makes him feel thanked.

As far as keeping London safe goes, he's not actually out there doing anything; he's having meetings and giving speeches.

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I am not a Londoner so I can only go on what I read. From that perspective he certainly has a lot to defend.

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Lets be thankful there are those who put themselves forward to carry out the job of London Mayor, a thankless task at best. May he be supported in his role to keep London safe, its hard work I'm sure.

Lets be thankful there are those 30,000+ who put themselves forward to carry out the job of being a police officer in London, a thankless task at best. May they be supported in their role to keep London safe, its hard work I'm sure.

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...particularly as said Mayor appears to want to tie one hand behind the back of those officers who are carrying out that thankless task.