"How anybody in America can suggest the UK is violent is completely ridiculous. The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state. It's lower than all their big cities. The murder rate in New York last time I looked is three or four times higher than London per capita. The homicide rate in London is lower than it is in Toronto, it's lower than Paris, it's lower than Brussels, it's lower than Berlin. This is a safe city."
"Look at the crime you have in London. My mother loved London. She loved that city. She would always talk about it. That was a different London than you have today. Today you have people being stabbed in the ass or worse. Blaming Sir Sadiq, he continued: Your mayor is a disaster. I don't even know him. If you put him there I wouldn't even know who he was. I can tell you he's a disaster."
Claims that London has no-go areas are rejected. Suggestions that the UK is violent are called 'completely ridiculous.' The homicide rate in London is lower than every US state, lower than major US cities, and lower than Toronto, Paris, Brussels and Berlin. Assertions that parts of London are unsafe are described as 'complete nonsense.' The city is characterised as safe while not being presented as perfect. A call is made to fight back against attempts to rubbish London. Direct comment on political attacks against the mayor is declined and political sparring is left to politicians.
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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