+AFGuidesHD WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ONLY THOSE NEO-NAZI PLEBS AT UKIP ARE HEARTLESS ENOUGH TO WANT TO TURN AWAY REFUGEES JUST BECAUSE THEY AREN'T WHITE. - Guardian reader
+Owen Jones Please ask Liz how abstaining in the welfare bill counts as fighting against it? As it turned out, all of the Labour MP's could have voted no and the bill would have not passed. Due to there being so many abstainers including Kendall, Burnham and Cooper, the bill passed. Abstaining does not count as fighting against the Tory's.
Owen did you see the latest Oxford Union debate about free speech? Quite despairing that many students were preferring the notion that they should not be offended, and being offended by challenging their beliefs rather than defend freedom of speech.
+Strettger We live in a frightening world. Communist control of public discourse has re-emerged - but this time in the West, and this time without guns but with the feeble minds of spoiled children who think they're adults but can't handle dissent and will voluntarily help stamp it out.
+SJW101, the political gamer Students who refuse to hear opposing views or allow their respective universities to host political debate they see as "offensive". Many of my fellow students seem to think that banning conservative speakers from campuses by no platforming them because they have the strange notion that they don't see those views they don't exist. Of course, such extreme politics like this ensures that these views cannot go unchallenged because no one can debate them, so echo chambers are formed where these views become even more polarised and potentially even dangerous (see Britain First etc). TL;DR I guess, so called liberal students are acting illiberally because they can't face opposing opinions that diversify and make politics interesting.
+Nemesis I have read the Quran and referenced the unclear parts with Muhammed's examples in the Hadiths. I must agree with you. If by Islam we mean the book the Quran and the examples of the person Muhammed, then Islam itself is the problem and any fear or dislike of it is perfectly justified.
Er no it's not okay. Being against a Zionist is not the same thing as being against Muslims. Zionism is an ideology and particular movement whereas Islam is a faith group. Your ignorance is astounding. As long as people like you hide behind your screens, convinced that Muslims are out to get you and take over the country, there will always be intolerance and bigotry in the world.
Bit disappointed that the interview was essentially just a platform for Khan to voice out his views and ideas unchallenged. It would've been much more interesting if you'd pressed him on certain points and get him out of his comfort zone.
the best way the government can control rents is by being the landlord. All this tinkering with capitalism never works. Landlords will just sell their houses if rent controls come in. Basic socialism vs social democracy. Ownership of the means of production vs reforming the capitalist means of production.
How can you speak of "austerity" when your country is still (over)spending more than it takes in? In fact, all countries complaining of "austerity" still run deficits - Greece supposedly doesn't, but those figures haven't been verified, and since they cooked the books to get in the Euro(millions), I trust'em about as far as I can throw'em.. Does that make 90% of all households champions of "austerity" since, you know, they not only don't spend more than they make but, hey, they actually usually run a surplus, i.e. savings..? Just give me that "you can't compare a country to a person or a company" tripe... If it was all that different, countries wouldn't go broke now, would they?
+Vulpes Inculta I agree, but under this system if you run a surplus you're effectively wiping off that value from the country. I've seen economists explain this, although I don't pretend to fully understand it :p
+jjrdias Firstly, George Osborne isn't serious about reducing deficit spending. He would also be a complete fool to do so, as it would cause an economic downturn. Why? Because a government deficit is a private sector surplus. If a government taxes more than it spends, than it takes money out of the private sector--and that means less consumer spending, and less investment by businesses. The only exception where a country can viable run a budget surplus is if it has a large enough trade surplus, as then new money comes in from abroad. it's about sectoral balances--the private sector balance, the government budget, and the trade balance. They roughly have to equal to zero. In the case of the UK, "austerity" is more of a pretext to attack welfare and public services than an economic strategy. As Osborne has slashed spending on the poorest and most vulnerable, he's spent more, and taxed less in other areas, thus maintaining a deficit and keeping the economy "growing"--at least for the rich. You'll find that most households do not actually spend less than their incomes. Most households are net debtors, particularly mortgage debt. Household debt to GDP is near 100% in the UK, business and finance sectors have even larger debts. The UK is one big private sector credit bubble. Governments typically do not go broke either. The only times they do is when they have external debts denominated in a currency or resource they do not issue or control themselves--like Greece. So, indeed. You cannot compare a country to a person or a company. It isn't tripe, and I hope I've gone some way in explaining how it isn't.
+jjrdias This article is very US-centric, but it explains very accessibly why thinking about govt. debt the same way you'd think about your own finances is economic fallacy: www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-everyone-gets-wrong-about-government-spending/
Filmed in the socialist middle-class utopia of Hackney. Not that I'm complaining; I've drank craft beer and brandished things at swans on that lock. So he's got my vote.
Hackney is very big. I think your charactisation may only be correct for the bits round the Overground (which I too have frequented). If you get the bus into 'deepest' Hackney you will see some areas that are quite different.
Any vote for Labour or the Conservatives is a vote for the destruction of this country, austerity or not: Net migration has reached 330,000. The foreign born population has exceeds 8 million people. You are witnessing the death of the United Kingdom. This level of migration is unprecedented in our history. We can't control our borders and neither of the two major parties are willing to take any action.
+Robert Mugabe Migration isn't a problem. The only problem is people's attitudes towards migrants and foreigners. This is becoming a globalised world, and thinking just in terms of a country and one nationality is outdated now.
+Mark L So because I welcome people from other cultures and countries, I don't judge people on ethnicity and nationality I hate myself? Migration is a GOOD thing. More people = more tax money = better public services. The only way it can be bad is if it is mismanaged, like it is today with our current government. Also, if people need help and we have the facilities and wealth to give them health, it is only right that we do.
+Mark L Both you and Peter Gray raise valid points. As far as I am concerned now, enough is enough is enough. The Australian approach is what is needed, if you want to come here, then apply before you get on the boat.
This man has quite obviously been given the exact same speech and presentation etiquette training as Ed Milliband recieved. The similarities are uncanny.
"I've got nothing against foreigners, but..." Hmm, interesting. Also I don't agree that half the police should be BME, it doesn't change the fact that the police work for the state and not the people.
Thanks for talking about climate change! I think its a topic that should definitely feature much more heavily in political debate. and glad that Sadiq is on board with divestment too, hurrah!
+Heads Tails I wasn't talking about the NHS. I was talking about his housing reform.The NHS is not a disaster but it's like a religion in the UK. It is heavily under stress though.
+Zohaib Hameed show me where government supplied, rent controlled housing is a disaster, give me a case study. I would point out that you said ' always'
Hi Owen, Please consider an interview with Russell Brand, asking his thoughts on Corbyn and whether his 'no voting' attitude can be re-considered for a man who clearly offers genuine change. Currently a undergraduate and a huge fan of your books and work, keep the uploads coming!!
as race relations minister, this creature tried to spit in the face of free speech and silence debate on immigration in the house of commons. little wonder then that the worst race riots in the north for over a facade happened on his watch. as did the tragic case of Victoria Clumbia (sic). A victim of terrible child abuse and neglected by a system presided over by, you guessed it, this vile sludge. He then topped that off by getting drunk, (at our expense) during a cricket match. Verbally abused a policeman while screeching, 'do you know who am?', as if he's some sort of celebrity. For this Tony B. liar gave him 500 grand of our money then let him gracefully retire. Nice work if you can get it. Recently he spearheaded Ed Miliband's leadership campaign. that turned out well. This cretin is a walking disaster, only skilled in self enrichment. everything he does ends catastrophe. No one with any sense would put him in charge of a broom cupboard.
I love this guy's hand-wringing articles. Every single day, a new one. Just cannot miss it - strategically positioned on Guardian website. How we need to be more sensitive to needs of RoP followers, how refugees are best thing to happen in modern Britain, how Sharia courts are beacons of liberty and equal opportunity.. and on , and on and on...
I feel it shows just how out of touch New Labour is, with "Blairite" MPs are labelling Khan a "moron" for nominating Corbyn and/or calling for members to vote for "ABC - Anyone But Corbyn" all the while many of their own constituents will be voting for him. Incredibly unrepresentative of the party as a whole.
Yea I was going to ask about Diane Abbott too. I think it would be great to see a woman of colour from the Labour Party as mayor. She would be a positive role model in so many ways and she is unashamedly on the left.
I find Diane Abbott insufferable and petty quite a lot of the time. Not that I disagree with everything she says, but I think it's a bit of a stretch to call her a positive role model. And I agree that she's said some truly embarrassing and irrational things that make me wonder how she got voted for in the first place. I'm partial to Jeremy Corbyn and his general platform and I know Abbott is also, I'm just personally not a fan of her approach on social issues among other things.
Austerity works. As long as the markets are free and there are no subsidies Austerity will work and has. Look at Warren Hardings handling of the Depression of 1920-1921. Harding cut spending in half, yet the USA recovered in 2 years. Incomes for all groups increased a substantial amount. Austerity when done properly works. Now when you have closed markets, lots of red tape and high taxes, but spending going down then of course it will fail. But Market Liberalisation and tax cuts are the way to go when you cut spending.
Continually blames the Conservative Party on the issue of crime, the Grenfell Tower Tragedy, openly criticizes Mr Donald John Trump and a quartet of terrorist atrocities in London?. He's not remotely interested in serving City Hall - 2020 couldn't come any sooner : time to vote him out!.
Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore are not foreigners to us British. - little thing called the commonwealth. Your little caveat about foreigners wasn't necessary. Foreign and commonwealth office... Thus they aren't foreigner, come on Sadiq I'm a Welsh teenager whose never used his passport. Learn the basics before you enter politics.
Yeah but why wouldn't you help those of your own country with homes than selling it to Hong Kong, Malaysia or Singapore? London is in serious need of affordable housing what Sadiq is trying to do
+Crazy Sanaya Sadiq's family came from a commonwealth family, I was correcting the schoolboy howler of a misuse of the term 'foreigners' not passing comment on whether or not I was pro blue or pro red for mayor. If it was goldsmith or any other politician or frankly my own mother I would correct her calling commonwealth countries 'foreign'
I just read Mark Blyth, Austerity: The history of a Dangerous Idea. Have you read it, if so what did you think? - Also tell people to read Naomi Klein.
Not implementing austerity measures when the cupboard is bare is lunacy. Loony leties should recognise that not cutting one's cloth to match your means is totally irresponsible.
Should confidence in the police be derived from them being of the same ethnic background as you are? That's pandering to the lowest form of racism, imo. You should be getting the same policing regardless of the colour of the community officer or officer that shows up at your door.
It will be a shame making Police Community Support officers Reduntant enlight of the Paris tragedy. The public need more of a visible police presence and reassurance than ever before.
+cackhandedchimp Yeah, it's just some of them are more embarrassing than others. Watch out for the interviews with Liz Kendal and Peter Hithens next week. :)
This is exactly the kind of person we need to rule the new Europe we live in, in order to help us deal with our differences through integrating policies. I stand for Sadiq, we can either reject the wave of immigrants forthcoming including those who have already been here for a long time or accept that a new globalised world full of cultural diversity is a reality we all are undergoing so that we can find solutions to this by collaborating. Furthermore there's also the issue of global warming, and because of that we must stay together more than ever and for that to happen 21st century politicians are needed, welcome Sadiq! (I'm spanish xDDDD)
A muslim mayor isn't brave. London hasn't been an English city for a while, the islamic republic of Londonistan having a muslim mayor isn't a surprise.
I take it you don't live here then. I live in Tower Hamlets which is the most densely populated area of the country and has one of the highest proportion of Muslims and I never feel in the minority as a white bloke. Even in parts where it is predominantly people of asian decent I never see any issues, we all just get along!
+gigahoe42 Then you've been accustomed to crawling. To looking down when a group of South Asian men walks by. To ignoring the noises, the smells, the groups hanging around or walking around. The criminality, the decay. That is not a sign of tolerance, it is a sign of submissiveness and it makes me absolutely sick. Get a spine, man.
Vulpes Inculta Wow, that's a truly horrible reply! "ignoring the noises, the smells" what's wrong with other culture's food and music? East London has always been an area of diversity whether its people from the subcontinent or Jewish immigrants back in the day. " the groups hanging around or walking around" - what's wrong with people hanging or walking around? Is it ok if I see a group of white people doing that? "criminality, the decay" - you obviously don't know much about East London. There was plenty of crime here before any other cultures were present, and its actually tons safer than in the past. So I guess you know jack shit about what you're talking about.
George is a Muslim sympathizer, he runs in areas with large muslim communities where he can spout pro-terrorist and dictatorship propaganda and the people swallow it............. well until they kick him out.
Owen help me I'm a confused man. I couldn't disagree more with your left wing views but I'm extremely attracted to you so I can forgive you anything 👍👍
+El Muchacho I will paint all who believe the following passage, which is believed to be authentic by nearly all Sunni Muslims, with this brush. Sahih Muslim, Book 41, Number 6985. "Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews."
+Vulpes Inculta That's talking about Armageddon when the Jews fight against the Muslims. It says that the Jews will initiate the war and not us. Dumb idiot!
+Sarah Jepson I disagree. I think he is one of the forefathers of what will become a big social upheaval against 'social justice warriors' so is definitely worth having a chat with Owen.
I would like for one of you on the Left to define "austerity," please. You bandy it about and vilify it, but seldom define it except to say you oppose it. Please enlighten us.
Oh dear. So much racism on here. Seems like youtube can act as a vehicle for this nonsense. I enjoyed this video Owen, he'd probably get my vote! Keep up the good work mate. Don't let the haters get to you!
you should talk to George galloway he is running for mayor as well and he has better policies - you should check it out Galloway for mayor . alondonforall - also he said in another interview going against corbyn - changing your words - unreliable - getting loads of investment from business developers - that means that they have influence on him so he will easily drop things. zac goldsmith would be no defferent to boris- who didnt really do anything . best option is galloway as he is experienced - he has been mayor before - research about him and u will choose him.- he wants free travel for students which is really cool personallly as student
Thanks so much for this great interview with Sadiq Khan, Owen. I Iived in London till I was 18 & wish so much that I could vote for Sadiq. Hope lots of people will be representing my views when they vote!
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equally being against mass immigration doesn't make you a "far right fascist"
+AFGuidesHD
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ONLY THOSE NEO-NAZI PLEBS AT UKIP ARE HEARTLESS ENOUGH TO WANT TO TURN AWAY REFUGEES JUST BECAUSE THEY AREN'T WHITE. - Guardian reader
+homer blair Just remember; It's fine to prefer your own people if you're black/asian/pakistani/jewish but not if you're white. Because.
+homer blair Like when your neck is on the block explaining 'But I was all for allowing you to live here' will help.
disagree
Actually we have a benefit tourist who is actually reigning over us.
Next week, Liz Kendall and Peter Hitchens... Not together I should add.
+Owen Jones Please ask Liz how abstaining in the welfare bill counts as fighting against it? As it turned out, all of the Labour MP's could have voted no and the bill would have not passed. Due to there being so many abstainers including Kendall, Burnham and Cooper, the bill passed. Abstaining does not count as fighting against the Tory's.
great video hope he wins
+Owen Jones Hoorah for Sadiq Khan, I too hope he wins.
+Owen Jones Can you upload the interview with Peter Hitchens unedited?
Could you interview Diane Abbott
Owen did you see the latest Oxford Union debate about free speech? Quite despairing that many students were preferring the notion that they should not be offended, and being offended by challenging their beliefs rather than defend freedom of speech.
+Strettger We live in a frightening world. Communist control of public discourse has re-emerged - but this time in the West, and this time without guns but with the feeble minds of spoiled children who think they're adults but can't handle dissent and will voluntarily help stamp it out.
+Strettger What has freedom of speech got to do with this topic?
+Vulpes Inculta Communist? Lol.
+SJW101, the political gamer Students who refuse to hear opposing views or allow their respective universities to host political debate they see as "offensive". Many of my fellow students seem to think that banning conservative speakers from campuses by no platforming them because they have the strange notion that they don't see those views they don't exist.
Of course, such extreme politics like this ensures that these views cannot go unchallenged because no one can debate them, so echo chambers are formed where these views become even more polarised and potentially even dangerous (see Britain First etc).
TL;DR I guess, so called liberal students are acting illiberally because they can't face opposing opinions that diversify and make politics interesting.
If foreigners are allowed to buy property charge them 100% tax. Use that tax to build more social housing.
I've learnt never to trust anyone who does that thumb thing.
Anti-Islamism is absolutely justified, and so is anti-Zionism. These are not the same thing as "Islamophobia" and "Anti-Semitism".
+Nemesis I have read the Quran and referenced the unclear parts with Muhammed's examples in the Hadiths. I must agree with you. If by Islam we mean the book the Quran and the examples of the person Muhammed, then Islam itself is the problem and any fear or dislike of it is perfectly justified.
so true thanks for putting that out there
Er no it's not okay. Being against a Zionist is not the same thing as being against Muslims. Zionism is an ideology and particular movement whereas Islam is a faith group. Your ignorance is astounding. As long as people like you hide behind your screens, convinced that Muslims are out to get you and take over the country, there will always be intolerance and bigotry in the world.
Michael Black thing is anti-Zionism regards a state. ‘Anti Islamism’ doesn’t - in fact could you actually explain what it is.
congrats to sadiq khan
I think he will make the london a civilized and peaceful city
+Waseem Ullah
London has never been civilised or peaceful...good luck with that!
do ewe have a truck? do ewe drive with yore burka on ore auf? due ewe dwive Nicely
You should have asked Mr Khan about 'Taqiyyah' Owen.
To fight discrimination he wants to hire police based on skin colour. "Oh you're black and you're Aisian, welcome aboard!".
He’s a terrorist
Why's he doing that annoying thumb thing that only politicians ever do?
It usually means they're lying
Bit disappointed that the interview was essentially just a platform for Khan to voice out his views and ideas unchallenged. It would've been much more interesting if you'd pressed him on certain points and get him out of his comfort zone.
As much as I like Owens style, he's gonna be somewhat bias towards people that share his views, it's human nature sadly.
London"s population is more than twice the size of many European countries..9m..its like a country itself! It is unique...and brilliant..
the best way the government can control rents is by being the landlord. All this tinkering with capitalism never works. Landlords will just sell their houses if rent controls come in. Basic socialism vs social democracy. Ownership of the means of production vs reforming the capitalist means of production.
Too much 'politician-thumb-point' though.
+EllisThings Ha.
How can you speak of "austerity" when your country is still (over)spending more than it takes in? In fact, all countries complaining of "austerity" still run deficits - Greece supposedly doesn't, but those figures haven't been verified, and since they cooked the books to get in the Euro(millions), I trust'em about as far as I can throw'em.. Does that make 90% of all households champions of "austerity" since, you know, they not only don't spend more than they make but, hey, they actually usually run a surplus, i.e. savings..?
Just give me that "you can't compare a country to a person or a company" tripe... If it was all that different, countries wouldn't go broke now, would they?
Very, very few countries have run a surplus ever in modern times and if they have it was normally for 1 year at a time.
+gigahoe42 That might be a major flaw in the current system.
+Vulpes Inculta I agree, but under this system if you run a surplus you're effectively wiping off that value from the country. I've seen economists explain this, although I don't pretend to fully understand it :p
+jjrdias Firstly, George Osborne isn't serious about reducing deficit spending. He would also be a complete fool to do so, as it would cause an economic downturn.
Why? Because a government deficit is a private sector surplus. If a government taxes more than it spends, than it takes money out of the private sector--and that means less consumer spending, and less investment by businesses.
The only exception where a country can viable run a budget surplus is if it has a large enough trade surplus, as then new money comes in from abroad. it's about sectoral balances--the private sector balance, the government budget, and the trade balance. They roughly have to equal to zero.
In the case of the UK, "austerity" is more of a pretext to attack welfare and public services than an economic strategy. As Osborne has slashed spending on the poorest and most vulnerable, he's spent more, and taxed less in other areas, thus maintaining a deficit and keeping the economy "growing"--at least for the rich.
You'll find that most households do not actually spend less than their incomes. Most households are net debtors, particularly mortgage debt. Household debt to GDP is near 100% in the UK, business and finance sectors have even larger debts. The UK is one big private sector credit bubble.
Governments typically do not go broke either. The only times they do is when they have external debts denominated in a currency or resource they do not issue or control themselves--like Greece.
So, indeed. You cannot compare a country to a person or a company. It isn't tripe, and I hope I've gone some way in explaining how it isn't.
+jjrdias This article is very US-centric, but it explains very accessibly why thinking about govt. debt the same way you'd think about your own finances is economic fallacy: www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-everyone-gets-wrong-about-government-spending/
I love the look he gives when he says "Look, I have nothing against foreigners, some of my best friends and family are foreigners"
Sadiq comments were promising. And I wish Sadiq all the best and a winner. Paul Channer
Filmed in the socialist middle-class utopia of Hackney. Not that I'm complaining; I've drank craft beer and brandished things at swans on that lock. So he's got my vote.
+Keith O'Brien Ha, afraid not. Close though... Islington.
Hackney is very big. I think your charactisation may only be correct for the bits round the Overground (which I too have frequented). If you get the bus into 'deepest' Hackney you will see some areas that are quite different.
+gigahoe42 Ah I'm only pulling some legs, I know what you mean though.
+Adam Sich :) Darn! Must drink less London Fields.
Sadiq Khan may feel a little too much like a professional politician, but he speaks a lot more sense than most in my opinion.
arturo clark
How did that campaign work out for ya? lol
and being anti islam doesn't make you a racist but you lot are the first to pipe up.
Interview Zac Goldsmith. And Christian Wolmar.
If I could vote in the London Mayoral election...He'd have my vote.
Any vote for Labour or the Conservatives is a vote for the destruction of this country, austerity or not:
Net migration has reached 330,000.
The foreign born population has exceeds 8 million people.
You are witnessing the death of the United Kingdom. This level of migration is unprecedented in our history. We can't control our borders and neither of the two major parties are willing to take any action.
+Robert Mugabe Migration isn't a problem. The only problem is people's attitudes towards migrants and foreigners. This is becoming a globalised world, and thinking just in terms of a country and one nationality is outdated now.
+Mark L So because I welcome people from other cultures and countries, I don't judge people on ethnicity and nationality I hate myself? Migration is a GOOD thing. More people = more tax money = better public services. The only way it can be bad is if it is mismanaged, like it is today with our current government.
Also, if people need help and we have the facilities and wealth to give them health, it is only right that we do.
+Lewis Mckay As opposed to most british people's ancestors, who crossed the channel with that specifically in mind
+Peter Gray Well said :-D
+Mark L Both you and Peter Gray raise valid points. As far as I am concerned now, enough is enough is enough. The Australian approach is what is needed, if you want to come here, then apply before you get on the boat.
This man has quite obviously been given the exact same speech and presentation etiquette training as Ed Milliband recieved. The similarities are uncanny.
"I've got nothing against foreigners, but..." Hmm, interesting. Also I don't agree that half the police should be BME, it doesn't change the fact that the police work for the state and not the people.
Sadiq's speaking style sounds very Miliband-ish here
Hello Joel!
Thanks for talking about climate change! I think its a topic that should definitely feature much more heavily in political debate. and glad that Sadiq is on board with divestment too, hurrah!
I am sorry but governmental price fixing has always ended in disaster
+Zohaib Hameed The NHS is not a disaster... show me one proof of your conjecture
+Heads Tails I wasn't talking about the NHS. I was talking about his housing reform.The NHS is not a disaster but it's like a religion in the UK. It is heavily under stress though.
+Zohaib Hameed show me where government supplied, rent controlled housing is a disaster, give me a case study.
I would point out that you said ' always'
Sadiq Khan for Mayor of London!
Typical Labour - spend, spend, spend. This guy will bankrupt London
Hi Owen,
Please consider an interview with Russell Brand, asking his thoughts on Corbyn and whether his 'no voting' attitude can be re-considered for a man who clearly offers genuine change.
Currently a undergraduate and a huge fan of your books and work, keep the uploads coming!!
"Zac Goldsmith, that's gonna be a tough fight" lol
How are people who don't critizize austerity even leftists?
as race relations minister, this creature tried to spit in the face of free speech and silence debate on immigration in the house of commons. little wonder then that the worst race riots in the north for over a facade happened on his watch.
as did the tragic case of Victoria Clumbia (sic). A victim of terrible child abuse and neglected by a system presided over by, you guessed it, this vile sludge.
He then topped that off by getting drunk, (at our expense) during a cricket match. Verbally abused a policeman while screeching, 'do you know who am?', as if he's some sort of celebrity. For this Tony B. liar gave him 500 grand of our money then let him gracefully retire. Nice work if you can get it.
Recently he spearheaded Ed Miliband's leadership campaign. that turned out well.
This cretin is a walking disaster, only skilled in self enrichment. everything he does ends catastrophe. No one with any sense would put him in charge of a broom cupboard.
I love this guy's hand-wringing articles. Every single day, a new one. Just cannot miss it - strategically positioned on Guardian website. How we need to be more sensitive to needs of RoP followers, how refugees are best thing to happen in modern Britain, how Sharia courts are beacons of liberty and equal opportunity.. and on , and on and on...
I feel it shows just how out of touch New Labour is, with "Blairite" MPs are labelling Khan a "moron" for nominating Corbyn and/or calling for members to vote for "ABC - Anyone But Corbyn" all the while many of their own constituents will be voting for him. Incredibly unrepresentative of the party as a whole.
Where is this? Looks nice
I think it's outside of King's Place it's where the Guardian offices are based.
+Tom Holcroft Yep its near the guardian building near York way/kings cross
Congrats Sadiq. Hopefully Jeremy will follow tomorrow...
Really good series of interviews, Owen, and I very much look forward to Peter Hitchens.
Yea I was going to ask about Diane Abbott too. I think it would be great to see a woman of colour from the Labour Party as mayor. She would be a positive role model in so many ways and she is unashamedly on the left.
+homer blair Diane Abbott is embarrassing and needs to retire.
I find Diane Abbott insufferable and petty quite a lot of the time. Not that I disagree with everything she says, but I think it's a bit of a stretch to call her a positive role model. And I agree that she's said some truly embarrassing and irrational things that make me wonder how she got voted for in the first place. I'm partial to Jeremy Corbyn and his general platform and I know Abbott is also, I'm just personally not a fan of her approach on social issues among other things.
+Andy McKinney She's incredibly smug and patronising. I can't stand her and I feel embarrased by her as a person on the left of the party.
Austerity works. As long as the markets are free and there are no subsidies Austerity will work and has. Look at Warren Hardings handling of the Depression of 1920-1921. Harding cut spending in half, yet the USA recovered in 2 years. Incomes for all groups increased a substantial amount. Austerity when done properly works. Now when you have closed markets, lots of red tape and high taxes, but spending going down then of course it will fail. But Market Liberalisation and tax cuts are the way to go when you cut spending.
+kingmatt2563 If austerity is accompanied by a reduction in tax rates, then it will succeed, otherwise it will cause even a bigger disaster
Zohaib Hameed Agreed.
Wow. Simply wow. That's made me want to move to London and he ain't even major yet!
He's got my vote. Sadiq is a million times better then someone like Tessa Jowell.
Continually blames the Conservative Party on the issue of crime, the Grenfell Tower Tragedy, openly criticizes Mr Donald John Trump and a quartet of terrorist atrocities in London?.
He's not remotely interested in serving City Hall - 2020 couldn't come any sooner : time to vote him out!.
Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore are not foreigners to us British. - little thing called the commonwealth. Your little caveat about foreigners wasn't necessary.
Foreign and commonwealth office... Thus they aren't foreigner, come on Sadiq I'm a Welsh teenager whose never used his passport. Learn the basics before you enter politics.
Yeah but why wouldn't you help those of your own country with homes than selling it to Hong Kong, Malaysia or Singapore? London is in serious need of affordable housing what Sadiq is trying to do
+Crazy Sanaya Sadiq's family came from a commonwealth family, I was correcting the schoolboy howler of a misuse of the term 'foreigners' not passing comment on whether or not I was pro blue or pro red for mayor. If it was goldsmith or any other politician or frankly my own mother I would correct her calling commonwealth countries 'foreign'
I just read Mark Blyth, Austerity: The history of a Dangerous Idea. Have you read it, if so what did you think? - Also tell people to read Naomi Klein.
Not implementing austerity measures when the cupboard is bare is lunacy. Loony leties should recognise that not cutting one's cloth to match your means is totally irresponsible.
Should confidence in the police be derived from them being of the same ethnic background as you are? That's pandering to the lowest form of racism, imo. You should be getting the same policing regardless of the colour of the community officer or officer that shows up at your door.
It will be a shame making Police Community Support officers Reduntant enlight of the Paris tragedy. The public need more of a visible police presence and reassurance than ever before.
He really knows his stuff
+Yano Moussavi A child of 5 knows that stuff.
please do not vote for this man.. he does not have London's interests at heart. believe.
You spelt his name wrong on the video intertitle!
+cackhandedchimp That's my fault - direct anger at me...
+cackhandedchimp If you want to. You don't have to.
+Adam Sich we all make mistakes mate. Move on and learn from it.
+cackhandedchimp Yeah, it's just some of them are more embarrassing than others. Watch out for the interviews with Liz Kendal and Peter Hithens next week. :)
+Adam Sich good job with the general editing by the way. Really enjoying the videos. Didn't mean to appear rude.
This is exactly the kind of person we need to rule the new Europe we live in, in order to help us deal with our differences through integrating policies.
I stand for Sadiq, we can either reject the wave of immigrants forthcoming including those who have already been here for a long time or accept that a new globalised world full of cultural diversity is a reality we all are undergoing so that we can find solutions to this by collaborating.
Furthermore there's also the issue of global warming, and because of that we must stay together more than ever and for that to happen 21st century politicians are needed, welcome Sadiq!
(I'm spanish xDDDD)
+Cromatismo sinestésico
I vote for your first option.
+OnlyThe TruthMatters Agreeing with a moron makes you resemble one too
Wish you'd interviewed Diane Abbott
3 bookmakers in a parade of 5 shops in Ilford, just left if the station. Is this an issue Sadiq khan can take up?
A muslim mayor isn't brave. London hasn't been an English city for a while, the islamic republic of Londonistan having a muslim mayor isn't a surprise.
I take it you don't live here then. I live in Tower Hamlets which is the most densely populated area of the country and has one of the highest proportion of Muslims and I never feel in the minority as a white bloke. Even in parts where it is predominantly people of asian decent I never see any issues, we all just get along!
+gigahoe42 Then you've been accustomed to crawling. To looking down when a group of South Asian men walks by. To ignoring the noises, the smells, the groups hanging around or walking around. The criminality, the decay. That is not a sign of tolerance, it is a sign of submissiveness and it makes me absolutely sick. Get a spine, man.
+Vulpes Inculta wow and there we have it a racist from Copenhagen.
VivityReport Copenhagen?
Vulpes Inculta Wow, that's a truly horrible reply! "ignoring the noises, the smells" what's wrong with other culture's food and music? East London has always been an area of diversity whether its people from the subcontinent or Jewish immigrants back in the day.
" the groups hanging around or walking around" - what's wrong with people hanging or walking around? Is it ok if I see a group of white people doing that?
"criminality, the decay" - you obviously don't know much about East London. There was plenty of crime here before any other cultures were present, and its actually tons safer than in the past.
So I guess you know jack shit about what you're talking about.
A great interview and a nice top Owen :)
He just namechecked Rahm Emanuel. Oh dear...
Could you ask him if he believes that Muhammad went to heaven on a winged horse?
I like to know how in touch with reality people are.
George Galloway for mayor!
+James Edmunds Imagine him going to Finchley. He'd be dead.
George is a Muslim sympathizer, he runs in areas with large muslim communities where he can spout pro-terrorist and dictatorship propaganda and the people swallow it............. well until they kick him out.
I swear Khan isn’t Blairite or Corbynista.
George Galloway would have been a far better mayor. George has only got one face.
Davy Tornado : 👍👍👍👍👍👍!.
worst decision ever!
Oooh, segregating bike lanes. That's racist XD.
solar panels fitted AS STANDARD on ALL new houses built...?
+brucie241 not under this fuckin government. they just slashed solar subsidies by a whopping 65%. i feel empty some days because of this country.
you could never have your types of discussions in America,it is not allowed, we are that fascist.
Struggling to believe a word that comes out of his mouth.
Owen help me I'm a confused man. I couldn't disagree more with your left wing views but I'm extremely attracted to you so I can forgive you anything 👍👍
Jc for PM .lock the torys out of power for 20 years .Great
Owen is 31? Really?
rich of a muslim to talk about antisemitism
+wintermadness09 Don't paint all with the same brush
+El Muchacho I will paint all who believe the following passage, which is believed to be authentic by nearly all Sunni Muslims, with this brush.
Sahih Muslim, Book 41, Number 6985.
"Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews."
+Vulpes Inculta That's talking about Armageddon when the Jews fight against the Muslims. It says that the Jews will initiate the war and not us. Dumb idiot!
+wintermadness09 Muslims and Jews do get on with each other. They're not ALL at each others' throats.
what a stupid thing to say it's the same as saying it's rich for germans to be against anti semitism
Zac Goldsmith and Milo Yiannopoulos!!
What about them?
+gigahoe42 He ought to interview them!
+Alistair Wessex Nobody should ever give MY a platform. The less of him.....the better humanity is
+Sarah Jepson I disagree. I think he is one of the forefathers of what will become a big social upheaval against 'social justice warriors' so is definitely worth having a chat with Owen.
No. He's one of the vilest sub-humans around. He's against everything Owen and the rest of us stands for
hope him and corbyn work well
I would like for one of you on the Left to define "austerity," please. You bandy it about and vilify it, but seldom define it except to say you oppose it. Please enlighten us.
Hurry Up & get in we need more Mosque & Homes
Oh dear. So much racism on here. Seems like youtube can act as a vehicle for this nonsense. I enjoyed this video Owen, he'd probably get my vote! Keep up the good work mate. Don't let the haters get to you!
+paul spud you're an idiot.
Should add to ur video title now Mayor of London
you should talk to George galloway he is running for mayor as well and he has better policies - you should check it out Galloway for mayor . alondonforall - also he said in another interview going against corbyn - changing your words - unreliable - getting loads of investment from business developers - that means that they have influence on him so he will easily drop things. zac goldsmith would be no defferent to boris- who didnt really do anything . best option is galloway as he is experienced - he has been mayor before - research about him and u will choose him.- he wants free travel for students which is really cool personallly as student
Jesus, he sounds like Ed Miliband
lacoste? didn't know you were a sweatshop socialist too!
Seriously 5 years is too long to be thinking about shitty politics. They can all go and do one.
did he say a divided Baath party?
love to her douglas murray and coffee janipolis comment on this
London, London , London
we need to spend more money in the north.
what we need on the right now is some one who can stand the sound of a machine gun !
Thanks so much for this great interview with Sadiq Khan, Owen. I Iived in London till I was 18 & wish so much that I could vote for Sadiq. Hope lots of people will be representing my views when they vote!
+jjrdais You don't have replies enabled, funny that! ;D
+Jimbo Jones Sad for him, as he doesn't know what he's talking about--and now I can't correct any of his errors and misconceptions.
Exactly! :)
Frog Grenadier I have no idea what you're babbling about, you seem to think you know me & my motivations for some reason that escapes me!
+Jimbo Jones You've 45 in your picture?
+Vinny M Vey observant of you. :)
that's it bikes with no seats for homosexual muslims to ride to ram mad dan. how Nice
Can we clear up if it's one or two d's in sadiq please, there are two in the video!
+Peter Heath I'm sorry about that, it's my fault. I've tried to get the video switched over but you can't replace them on TH-cam.
+Peter Heath In the great scheme of things, does it really matter?
Appreciate the support Danny, but yes, it does matter to me. It's pretty embarrassing.
+Danny Tigz no not really but didn't have much to criticise about the interview, and it's always important to criticise :P
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i'm so glad he is going to be my mayor #YesWeKhan
Sadiq certainly has my vote :)