Obviously because it is of interest who the largest city in the country (by a mile) is voting for, as a yardarm for political sentiment if nothing else.
For the record, I do live in London but am not from here.
Not sure it is remotely confusing why people care. If anything I find it weirder that people in London seem totally disinterested in the politics of anywhere else in the country beyond Edinburgh.
Yeah it’s a brown real mystery why brown some people seem to brown dislike Sadiq Khan for brown seemingly no real reason
Surely @mufc_proud is based in London.
I think it’s fair to care about London even if you don’t live there, but invariably the people with these angry, unfounded views are also the ones who literally never come here (apart from the occasional football match at Wembley).
Like the kid who posted on here about how their Dad was convinced they’d be murdered whilst walking from Euston to Kings Cross. But also their dad hasn’t been to London in 20+ years…
Or what we name our overground lines, or how we tax polluting vehicles or how we pedestrianise neighbourhoods.
This was a lot of interest in BJ too tbf, but he was always seen as a ‘raising star’ in a way that I don’t think Khan is. I don’t remember Ken Livingstone getting this level of attention, but I was young then.
Yeah, it’s the racism
Apart from the obvious explanation of racism, I think that a lot of people in other cities will believe that the London mayor has a significant say in decisions which impact their area, like HS2 etc. It’s not true, but they’ll still believe it.
Because he is not white. Very simple.
Because it’s still before the Harvest and they haven’t got any root-vegetables to mate with for a while yet.
Pretty cringe point. Why should anyone care about anything that doesn’t directly affect them?
Cuz he’s brown innit?
Because racists
Propaganda works too well sometimes.
Khan’s been good. Especially given the hostile central government and the pandemic. I’m not totally on board with everything he’s done but it’s nothing too awful (LTNs, the way ULEZ expansion was handled). In both cases if he had support from central government they would have been a roaring success.
Because he’s brown.
I think he’s done/doing a good job, I like ULEZ, I like cycling schemes and plans to reduce congestion (I don’t enjoy smog in my lungs, but hey maybe thats just me).
I’m also not a gambler, why would I want the risk of someone the same or worse when we have a mayor who has done a good job?!
I’m LD but I voted for him for Mayor.
Because it’s a super successful diverse liberal city and they want diverse liberal communities to fail so they can make an example of them.
I’ll be honest with you it’s more than likely because they’re Racist. I’ve seen proper hate Sadie and not even know why they hate him.
I think Donald Trump’s a moron and I think this in spite of the fact that I don’t live in America. If people want to say they don’t like our mayor, they’re absolutely welcome to.
19/20 of the anti Sadiq tweeters are not from London and have not lived nor plan to live here. Grow up and look after your own area.
Simple answer racism
Because most things a mayor does are not a major news or getting attention….
And the only things that get that level of news are negatives to rile people up and get clicks.
So most people out of London would probably have no clue on majority of things he has ever done as mayor hence they just call him crap.
Because a lot of people work in and travel to and through London and the incumbent troll has made it worse for them
I live in the USA and was in a bar last year sat next to a boomer. Got chatting and told him I was from London and the first thing he asked me was how I felt about having a Muslim as mayor. So, regarding OP’s question, I’m going with racism.
It’s not Non Londoners, it’s Daily Mail readers.
Most are bots
Manchester jealous they have a literal muppet for a mayor, he looks like meek
Political culture wars and the rapid spread of misinformation campaigns have rotted the brains of the electorate. Or it’s bots.
Lived here 15 years and always thought Sadiq is a decent bloke. Might not agree with everything he does, but you can’t expect to. At least he’s not a Tory shagging bellend.
Bloke at work does nothing but slag him off , lives in Norwich 😂
Live in London, he’s been useless. Bojo brought more to the city than him.
He’s a United fan so he probably does live in London
Racism
This guy is clearly a londoner, he supports man united.
He’s more honourable and competent then any white Tory in the entire country.
Having heard some of the shit from behind closed doors that Sadiq puts up with (from planning permissions and affordable housing), I’d say he’s got the patience of a saint, and is more invested in what Londoners actually need from their city than any other London mayor in this century at least. And looking at who gets put up against him, well, it’s no contest. Keep it up Sadiq.
Wow Londoners moaning about people’s opinions of khan then call everyone outside London racist… That’s a big of a false flag post?!
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Majority of them are just racist.
Obviously because it is of interest who the largest city in the country (by a mile) is voting for, as a yardarm for political sentiment if nothing else.
For the record, I do live in London but am not from here.
Not sure it is remotely confusing why people care. If anything I find it weirder that people in London seem totally disinterested in the politics of anywhere else in the country beyond Edinburgh.
Yeah it’s a brown real mystery why brown some people seem to brown dislike Sadiq Khan for brown seemingly no real reason
Surely @mufc_proud is based in London.
I think it’s fair to care about London even if you don’t live there, but invariably the people with these angry, unfounded views are also the ones who literally never come here (apart from the occasional football match at Wembley).
Like the kid who posted on here about how their Dad was convinced they’d be murdered whilst walking from Euston to Kings Cross. But also their dad hasn’t been to London in 20+ years…
Or what we name our overground lines, or how we tax polluting vehicles or how we pedestrianise neighbourhoods.
This was a lot of interest in BJ too tbf, but he was always seen as a ‘raising star’ in a way that I don’t think Khan is. I don’t remember Ken Livingstone getting this level of attention, but I was young then.
Yeah, it’s the racism
Apart from the obvious explanation of racism, I think that a lot of people in other cities will believe that the London mayor has a significant say in decisions which impact their area, like HS2 etc. It’s not true, but they’ll still believe it.
Because he is not white. Very simple.
Because it’s still before the Harvest and they haven’t got any root-vegetables to mate with for a while yet.
Pretty cringe point. Why should anyone care about anything that doesn’t directly affect them?
Cuz he’s brown innit?
Because racists
Propaganda works too well sometimes.
Khan’s been good. Especially given the hostile central government and the pandemic. I’m not totally on board with everything he’s done but it’s nothing too awful (LTNs, the way ULEZ expansion was handled). In both cases if he had support from central government they would have been a roaring success.
Because he’s brown.
I think he’s done/doing a good job, I like ULEZ, I like cycling schemes and plans to reduce congestion (I don’t enjoy smog in my lungs, but hey maybe thats just me).
I’m also not a gambler, why would I want the risk of someone the same or worse when we have a mayor who has done a good job?!
I’m LD but I voted for him for Mayor.
Because it’s a super successful diverse liberal city and they want diverse liberal communities to fail so they can make an example of them.
I’ll be honest with you it’s more than likely because they’re Racist. I’ve seen proper hate Sadie and not even know why they hate him.
I think Donald Trump’s a moron and I think this in spite of the fact that I don’t live in America. If people want to say they don’t like our mayor, they’re absolutely welcome to.
19/20 of the anti Sadiq tweeters are not from London and have not lived nor plan to live here. Grow up and look after your own area.
Simple answer racism
Because most things a mayor does are not a major news or getting attention….
And the only things that get that level of news are negatives to rile people up and get clicks.
So most people out of London would probably have no clue on majority of things he has ever done as mayor hence they just call him crap.
Because a lot of people work in and travel to and through London and the incumbent troll has made it worse for them
I live in the USA and was in a bar last year sat next to a boomer. Got chatting and told him I was from London and the first thing he asked me was how I felt about having a Muslim as mayor. So, regarding OP’s question, I’m going with racism.
It’s not Non Londoners, it’s Daily Mail readers.
Most are bots
Manchester jealous they have a literal muppet for a mayor, he looks like meek
Political culture wars and the rapid spread of misinformation campaigns have rotted the brains of the electorate. Or it’s bots.
Lived here 15 years and always thought Sadiq is a decent bloke. Might not agree with everything he does, but you can’t expect to. At least he’s not a Tory shagging bellend.
Bloke at work does nothing but slag him off , lives in Norwich 😂
Live in London, he’s been useless. Bojo brought more to the city than him.
He’s a United fan so he probably does live in London
Racism
This guy is clearly a londoner, he supports man united.
He’s more honourable and competent then any white Tory in the entire country.
Having heard some of the shit from behind closed doors that Sadiq puts up with (from planning permissions and affordable housing), I’d say he’s got the patience of a saint, and is more invested in what Londoners actually need from their city than any other London mayor in this century at least. And looking at who gets put up against him, well, it’s no contest. Keep it up Sadiq.
Wow Londoners moaning about people’s opinions of khan then call everyone outside London racist… That’s a big of a false flag post?!