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Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, suffers from PTSD but not really. Whatever it is he suffers from, though he calls it PTSD, was brought on by Donald Trump and the death threats he would receive after a mean tweet against him was posted by Trump. Because, of course it’s Trump’s fault. Never mind Khan received threats before Trump was president. He’s pointing a finger at Trump. And, you know which finger it is.The far-left progressive considers his mental anguish to be PTSD but he doesn’t want to sound like a total jerk and have others make comparisons to real...

The Labour Mayor has infuriated Londoners after proposing to expand the Capital's Ultra Low Emission Zone. Mr Khan is planning to extend the ULEZ charging area on August 29, 2023, prompting Transport for London to launch a public consultation. Originally launched in May this year, the consultation looked to hear from residents of London and the surrounding areas about how it would affect drivers. The plan sparked the fury of Time Party leader Robert Kimbell who branded Mr Khan a "buffoon". He blasted: "When a buffoon is elected by some 23.3 percent of eligible voters to represent (and run key...

@PaulBrandITV Mayor of London @SadiqKhan joins calls for the Met Police to “explain” their investigation, given PM wasn’t fined for the leaving party. @bluenobby Replying to @PaulBrandITV and @SadiqKhan I'd like an investigation into the money @SadiqKhan has spunked on gender bogs [bathrooms], water fountains, cycle lanes, surveys on statues & changing street names and posters on the tube [subway]. Ask him to explain why London is the knife crime capital of the UK and why Transport for London is broke. You know?

British politicians, including leftist London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the government’s trade representative, have waded into the abortion debate in the United States to condemn a reported leaked draft Supreme Court decision to return the decision to the state level.

Some asylum seekers who arrive in the UK on small boats across the Channel will be given a one-way ticket to Rwanda, under new government plans. Home Secretary Priti Patel is in the African nation to sign a deal for a £120m trial involving mostly single men arriving in Britain via crossings. BBC home editor Mark Easton said ministers face significant legal hurdles and substantial costs. Refugee organisations have criticised the plans as cruel and urged a rethink. Labour said the plan was "unworkable, unethical and extortionate" - the Lib Dems said it would be expensive and ineffective. Precise details...

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan clashed with this caller who backs the UK's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, accusing him of not wanting "them coming here". It comes after Boris Johnson announced the Royal Navy will take over from Border Force for patrols of the English Channel, as plans to send people to Rwanda drew heavy criticism. Unveiling the radical proposals at a speech in Kent, Mr Johnson also announced that people who risk the lives of others in the Channel will face life in jail under new laws. Caller Tristan told Sadiq: "I agree with this in...

Goldsmiths activists restrict entry to 'Palestinian liberation' discussionJews and white people were banned from a student meeting at Goldsmiths, University of London, that discussed “defending Palestine”. The meeting last month, which was strictly limited to students who were “African, Arab, Asian, Caribbean and other black communities”, was part of an effort by pro-Palestine activists to use a student strike against job cuts at the university to campaign for their cause. On the first day of the strike, which began in November, an advertisement for “Palestinian liberation” was shared online while Palestine flags and banners appeared on the picket line. This...

The government’s own scientific advisor admitted that face masks do practically nothing. The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is lobbying the government to make it illegal to get on the London underground train system without wearing a mask. Since July 19th it has not been legally mandatory to wear masks on public transport in the UK, however some train companies have decided to impose their own mandates, and now Khan is seeking to go even further with the underground, which is used by almost 4 million people per day. Khan wants to make it a criminal offence, punishable by fines,...

A refugee from Turkey was today stabbed at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, London. Hatun Tash, a regular speaker at London’s Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park was today stabbed in the middle of the Corner in broad daylight. On Sunday 25 July 2021, the Corner had been drenched in heavy rain for most of the day, the numbers present were therefore much lower than would normally be expected on a July Sunday afternoon. Whilst small groups huddled together trying to keep dry under the trees, at around 3:30pm an individual lunged at Hatun, punching and stabbing her with a knife....

UK police say they are investigating a knife attack on a woman in a London park, with online footage showing she was wearing a T-shirt with a cartoon from Charlie Hebdo, the French magazine targeted by jihadists. The 39-year-old woman was treated in hospital for a minor slash injury after the attack on Sunday afternoon at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, the Metropolitan Police say. Footage posted on YouTube showed a man in a hooded top approach a woman holding an umbrella and stab her, apparently several times. The man then takes off his hood and leaves. […] Police do...

“He did sermons with the head of his opponents on a pike.” London Mayor Sadiq Khan defended the impending placement of a statue of John Chilembwe, an anti-colonial activist who ordered the decapitation of William Livingstone in front of his children and then displayed his head on a pike, saying it served to “reflect London’s achievements and diversity.” Yes, really. Chilembwe was a Baptist pastor and educator who became a militant resistance fighter who railed against the treatment of Africans working in agriculture on European-owned plantations in Malawi in the early 1900’s. Chilembwe led a violent revolt against the Bruce...

Prominent Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is critically ill after being shot in the head, her party says. The Taking the Initiative Party (TTIP) said she was being treated in intensive care after being “brutally attacked” in the early hours of Sunday. The 27-year-old has life-threatening injuries following the shooting on Consort Road, in Peckham, south London. TTIP said Ms. Johnson had undergone an operation and remained in critical care, in recovery post-surgery. A vigil was held in Ruskin Park, close to King’s College Hospital, where Ms. Johnson is being treated. Well-wishers played African drums and prayed for Ms....

Both Israel and Hamas claimed victory in the recent conflict. At the protest, former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell said: "Yes, a ceasefire has been negotiated and we welcome a ceasefire. "But let's be clear, there will be no ceasefire in our campaign to boycott, disinvest and sanction the Israeli apartheid state. "The message is clear, we will not cease our campaign in solidarity until there is justice. "So let's make it clear, no justice, no peace." It comes as other protests are taking place across the capital, including an anti-racism protest to commemorate George Floyd, who died almost one...

The situation in Israel tonight with protests and clashes in Jerusalem, demonstrations by Arabs in Haifa and Nazareth as well. The Biden Administration pressuring Israel for calm tomorrow on Jerusalem Day but first... #Gestapo trending in Canada this weekend with the arrest of Christian Pastor Artur Pawlowski in Calgary... Today Pastor Pawlowski interviewed by Rebel News in Canada via phone from jail... New York Orthodox Jewish activist Heshy Tischler getting a ten-day community service sentence after his guilty plea to "inciting a riot" over an anti-coronavirus lockdown protest... The European Union isn't renewing its contract for the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine......

Sadiq Khan’s “Housing Design Advocate” has denounced traditional architecture as “offensive” and said it “harks back to oppression”. Dinah Bornat made the remarks on social media in response to a post featuring a new house in the Georgian style shared by the Create Streets social enterprise. “The fortress style/display of wealth resonates through time. I wonder is it starting to resonate just a little too much for a lot of us? Imperialism starting to look, well, offensive? Just a thought,” she declared in a now-deleted Twitter tirade. She went on to complain that the alleged “replica approach” taken by the...

The UK government's flagship crime legislation has been backed in a Commons vote. (359 to 263) What are the key measures?• The maximum sentence for assaulting an emergency worker will be doubled to two years, while a Police Covenant will be enshrined in law to protect serving and retired officers and their families. • Whole Life Orders for the premeditated murder of a child, which will also allow judges to give the maximum sentence to 18 to 20-year-olds in exceptional cases, such as for acts of terrorism leading to mass loss of life. • The ability to stop the automatic...

SOCIAL MEDIA has been awash with calls for action to keep women safe following the disappearance of Sarah Everard. But will the UK implement a 6pm curfew for men?Women have been expressing their fears and need for change following the disappearance of 33-year-old Sarah Everard as she walked home in south London last week. A Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and human remains - which have yet to be identified - have been found in woodland in Ashford, Kent. Following the news of Sarah’s disappearance, women across the UK have taken to social media to...

We must not allow the tragic murder of a young woman turn into attacks on men and attacks on the police. Video...

Women's rights activists in the UK are reeling from the Metropolitan Police's heavy-handed approach at a Saturday night vigil for Sarah Everard, a 33-year old who was murdered while walking home in South London earlier this month. Throughout the day, mourners had flocked to the bandstand of Clapham Common, an area where Everard was last seen, in a tribute to her life. But they also came in an act of solidarity, as an acknowledgement of the shared, omnipresent experience of intimidation, violence and harassment that women constantly face in public spaces. A series of evening vigils from organizers "Reclaim These...

Sadiq Khan has conceded that, under his now almost five-year-long mayoralty, the streets of London are “not safe” for women and girls. Mayor Khan, who under the terms of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 fulfils the role of Police and Crime Commissioner in the British capital — excluding, somewhat confusingly for outsiders, the City of London, or Square Mile, which has its own police force — made the comments in an appearance on LBC radio. “London’s streets are not safe for women, are they?” the presenter asked the Labour politician, following news that a serving Metropolitan Police...