Ken Livingstone has claimed his focus on crime has been a real success and the 26 youths killed in London last year is small compared to the number of children living in the city.
Despite a huge rise in teen murders Mr Livingstone said murders were on the decline.
He added: "In a city with a million kids it is absolutely horrifying that 26 were murdered last year, but that is out of a million.
"You can't generalise with the 26 to others that are law abiding and decent.
"There is a real demonisation of young people in this country. There was when I was I was a kid, We really are a fairly hostile country to grow up in."
He also claimed the fear of crime on our streets is being fuelled by the other mayoral candidates.
He said: "Once this election is over there won't be a group of people who want to be mayor who run around and try and scare people and making things sound worse than they are.
"So the fear of crime will decline from May 2 when people stop running around and saying that London is on the verge of replicating Sodom and Gomorrah."
Crime figures released today show crime as a whole has fallen by 20 per cent but when asked if it is simply less people reporting crime, Mr Livingstone disagreed.
He said: "Serious crime is going down. We have had a 28 per cent reduction in murders in this city in the last five years, what you have got is this horrifying element of teenage murder we have had increased.
"And that's why I persuaded the Government to give us the money necessary to provide a £79million imporovement to youth provision and we are continuing to expand the police force to target this. But overall this is a success story.
"Because we have people back on the street and people see officers I think more people are reporting crime. They certainly report the serious crime.
"The figures the police collect are not something you can ignore. It might be that somebody is not reporting a burglary but people are reporting murders and there aren't bodies around that people aren't being told about and that is a 28 per cent reduction."
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CommentPosted by: enuff, n22 on 12:09pm Fri 18 Apr 08
"So the fear of crime will decline from May 2 when people stop running around and saying that London is on the verge of replicating Sodom and Gomorrah."
Maybe fellow party members will not feel the need to don stab proof vests after the mayoral election.
Ken should try living in the real world.He should try engaging his brain before opening the most conceited gob in London
He is so smug and he believes he is far more important than he actually is and the only reason he was re-elected was because of the useless opossition.Now he has a real contender to fight and does not like it and gets nasty.People should look back at his promises and see how many he has failed on and judge him on that,just like his god-forsaken party.(Who he incidently clearly loathes and regales in "grinding them into dust"...NICE
"So the fear of crime will decline from May 2 when people stop running around and saying that London is on the verge of replicating Sodom and Gomorrah."
Maybe fellow party members will not feel the need to don stab proof vests after the mayoral election.
Ken should try living in the real world.He should try engaging his brain before opening the most conceited gob in London
He is so smug and he believes he is far more important than he actually is and the only reason he was re-elected was because of the useless opossition.Now he has a real contender to fight and does not like it and gets nasty.People should look back at his promises and see how many he has failed on and judge him on that,just like his god-forsaken party.(Who he incidently clearly loathes and regales in "grinding them into dust"...NICE
Posted by: enuff, n22 on 12:10pm Fri 18 Apr 08
"So the fear of crime will decline from May 2 when people stop running around and saying that London is on the verge of replicating Sodom and Gomorrah."
Maybe fellow party members will not feel the need to don stab proof vests after the mayoral election.
Ken should try living in the real world.He should try engaging his brain before opening the most conceited gob in London
He is so smug and he believes he is far more important than he actually is and the only reason he was re-elected was because of the useless opossition.Now he has a real contender to fight and does not like it and gets nasty.People should look back at his promises and see how many he has failed on and judge him on that,just like his god-forsaken party.(Who he incidently clearly loathes and regales in "grinding them into dust"...NICE
"So the fear of crime will decline from May 2 when people stop running around and saying that London is on the verge of replicating Sodom and Gomorrah."
Maybe fellow party members will not feel the need to don stab proof vests after the mayoral election.
Ken should try living in the real world.He should try engaging his brain before opening the most conceited gob in London
He is so smug and he believes he is far more important than he actually is and the only reason he was re-elected was because of the useless opossition.Now he has a real contender to fight and does not like it and gets nasty.People should look back at his promises and see how many he has failed on and judge him on that,just like his god-forsaken party.(Who he incidently clearly loathes and regales in "grinding them into dust"...NICE
Posted by: enuff, n22 on 12:13pm Fri 18 Apr 08
"So the fear of crime will decline from May 2 when people stop running around and saying that London is on the verge of replicating Sodom and Gomorrah."
Maybe fellow party members will not feel the need to don stab proof vests after the mayoral election.
Ken should try living in the real world.He should try engaging his brain before opening the most conceited gob in London
He is so smug and he believes he is far more important than he actually is and the only reason he was re-elected was because of the useless opossition.Now he has a real contender to fight and does not like it and gets nasty.People should look back at his promises and see how many he has failed on and judge him on that,just like his god-forsaken party.(Who he incidently clearly loathes and regales in "grinding them into dust"...NICE)
"So the fear of crime will decline from May 2 when people stop running around and saying that London is on the verge of replicating Sodom and Gomorrah."
Maybe fellow party members will not feel the need to don stab proof vests after the mayoral election.
Ken should try living in the real world.He should try engaging his brain before opening the most conceited gob in London
He is so smug and he believes he is far more important than he actually is and the only reason he was re-elected was because of the useless opossition.Now he has a real contender to fight and does not like it and gets nasty.People should look back at his promises and see how many he has failed on and judge him on that,just like his god-forsaken party.(Who he incidently clearly loathes and regales in "grinding them into dust"...NICE)
Posted by: Jane Brown, London on 7:38am Sat 19 Apr 08
[bold]The RISE Anti-Racist Festival is a free event organised by Ken Livingstone.[/bold]
Introducing his pet project in 2006, Red Ken said:
[quote]London is built on the diversity of its population and this anti-racist festival… sends a very clear message that racism is not welcome in this city…
There will be no let-up in celebrating London’s real character as a diverse and open city.
Each successive generation that has come to London has helped to shape the city we live in, bringing new ideas, skills and cultures that have made London one of the most dynamic and exciting places anywhere in the world.
Racist ideas have been used to justify some of the worst crimes in history - slavery, the holocaust, apartheid, segregation, murders and lynchings. From the great racist crimes in history to bullying in the school playground and vicious tabloid news coverage, racist ideas have to be opposed because they disfigure our society...
Policies to combat racism and celebrate our diversity are a permanent part of the work of London.[/quote]
[b]At the following year’s festival, the Mayor was in even better form.[/b]
On 15 July 2007, Livingstone said this:
[quote]London's fortunes are tied up with our stand against racism and prejudice... Fighting racism is a daily fight and a political priority for our city and the Rise: London United festival is a clear statement of that fact.[/quote]
[b]Regarding the teenage violence that had plagued London in 2007, Tim Donovan put these questions to the Mayor:[/b]
[quote]Are you worried about this recent spate of teenage violence is it something new and alarming?... Tony Blair said, not long ago, that this was a black, cultural thing, do you agree?[/quote]
[B]To which he replied:[/B]
[quote]There is an element of that, particularly around the drug trade but NO! IT’S A LOT OF WHITE KIDS STABBING OTHER WHITE KIDS![/quote]
Now that is as big a lie, if not bigger, than any Tony B Liar ever told.
[b]In the year to 15 July 2007, when Livingstone said what he said, 16 teenagers had been murdered in London.[/b]
Ten of the dead teenagers were black boys, three were black girls, one was mixed race and the other two dead children were white. At the time of Livingstone’s great lie, ALL OF THE KNOWN KILLERS AND THOSE SUSPECTED OF THE KILLINGS WERE BLACK.
Red Ken's casual dishonesty has been captured in the video on view here:
[url]http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=F5IoAJuFQ
4E[/url]
[b]For the remainder of this exposé, go here:[/b]
http://www.iamanengl
ishman.com/page.php?
iCategoryId=917&iPar
entId=889
The RISE Anti-Racist Festival is a free event organised by Ken Livingstone.
Introducing his pet project in 2006, Red Ken said:
London is built on the diversity of its population and this anti-racist festival… sends a very clear message that racism is not welcome in this city…
There will be no let-up in celebrating London’s real character as a diverse and open city.
Each successive generation that has come to London has helped to shape the city we live in, bringing new ideas, skills and cultures that have made London one of the most dynamic and exciting places anywhere in the world.
Racist ideas have been used to justify some of the worst crimes in history - slavery, the holocaust, apartheid, segregation, murders and lynchings. From the great racist crimes in history to bullying in the school playground and vicious tabloid news coverage, racist ideas have to be opposed because they disfigure our society...
Policies to combat racism and celebrate our diversity are a permanent part of the work of London.
At the following year’s festival, the Mayor was in even better form.
On 15 July 2007, Livingstone said this:
London's fortunes are tied up with our stand against racism and prejudice... Fighting racism is a daily fight and a political priority for our city and the Rise: London United festival is a clear statement of that fact.
Regarding the teenage violence that had plagued London in 2007, Tim Donovan put these questions to the Mayor:
Are you worried about this recent spate of teenage violence is it something new and alarming?... Tony Blair said, not long ago, that this was a black, cultural thing, do you agree?
To which he replied:
There is an element of that, particularly around the drug trade but NO! IT’S A LOT OF WHITE KIDS STABBING OTHER WHITE KIDS!
Now that is as big a lie, if not bigger, than any Tony B Liar ever told.
In the year to 15 July 2007, when Livingstone said what he said, 16 teenagers had been murdered in London.
Ten of the dead teenagers were black boys, three were black girls, one was mixed race and the other two dead children were white. At the time of Livingstone’s great lie, ALL OF THE KNOWN KILLERS AND THOSE SUSPECTED OF THE KILLINGS WERE BLACK.
Red Ken's casual dishonesty has been captured in the video on view here:
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=F5IoAJuFQ
4E
For the remainder of this exposé, go here:
http://www.iamanengl
ishman.com/page.php?
iCategoryId=917&iPar
entId=889
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