We spoke to the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who was taking part in an anti racism workshop organised by Chelsea football club.
We spoke to the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who was taking part in an anti racism workshop organised by Chelsea football club.: It’s really important to explain to citizens what’s really happening and why you have difficulty getting decent health care, why you can’t get your kids decent education in the local school, why there’s a problem with affordable housing, why things suddenly gone up.
A hostel being set on fire. What was the consequence? A police car being set on fire. What was the consequence? Police officers have been injured. In London yesterday I spoke to Muslims, lawyers, people who work in health practices. Petrified and scared. I spoke to my nephews and nieces and said please don’t go out in the evening because I worry about your safety. This is London in 2024, for goodness sake.
Because they know people like me, people like you, aren’t the bogeyman. They know we’re not a drain on public services. They’ve mixed and mingled with refugees. Many are teachers, doctors and so forth may be former refugees, that these problems are happening in those parts of the country where there may be less diversity, but there are problems with lack of public services, not decent facilities, not decent schools, not decent investment over 14, 15 years.
My daughters, for the first time in their lives, are scared because of the colour of their skin, right? They’re scared because they look like Muslims. We thought that was behind us with our generation. And that’s why we can’t be complacent, and that’s why it’s really important we aren’t smug about, listen, this wouldn’t happen in London, London is perfect, because it could happen in London.
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