Sadiq Khan could be leading the way in deserting the foolish war on drugs May 16, 2022 Those who like to think they take the long view of history will tell you that the “war on drugs” started in 1971, when Richard Nixon declared illegal narcotics to be public enemy number one. Yet its lineage extended far further back than that: in the US, Congress banned alcohol for nearly 15 years from [...]
TfL pauses works on London bridges’ anti-terror barriers due to financial pressure May 13, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) reportedly paused its plans to instal £35m worth of permanent anti-terror barriers on London bridges because of its financial situation. TfL board papers, which were released ahead of next’s week committee meeting, report that “several planned projects,” won’t go ahead because of “the reduced funding available,” the Evening Standard reported. Called [...]
Major League Baseball to consider increasing number of London games to three or four May 13, 2022 Major League Baseball could increase the number of games per season that it stages in London after it stepped up its commitment to the capital. MLB made its UK debut in 2019 with a double header at the London Stadium that the competition’s chiefs deemed a great success. It confirmed this week that it is [...]
Khannabis high: Mayor praised for starting ‘national conversation’ about cannabis May 12, 2022 There aren’t many things that London mayor and the Adam Smith Institute see eye to eye on, but the legalisation of cannabis may just be one of them. Following his trip to a Los Angeles cannabis farm, Sadiq Khan announced that he would be setting up the London Drugs Commission, which looks at decriminalising the [...]
Priti Patel lashes out at Sadiq Khan for looking into legalising cannabis: ‘Better focus on crime in London’ May 12, 2022 Home Secretary Priti Patel this morning hit back at London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan to consider whether cannabis should be decriminalised in the UK, saying he has “no powers to legalise drugs”. Patel said Mr Khan’s time would “be better spent” focusing on tackling crime in the capital after he announced he was launching a [...]
Ed Warner: It is time we sent London 2012 to the back of the cupboard May 12, 2022 It took me 20 minutes from the Central Line platform via Peloton Avenue to cover the half mile to the Lee Valley VeloPark. Admittedly I wasn’t exactly walking at Tom Bosworth pace, and a few hazy-memoried wrong turns out of Westfield didn’t help as I went in search of ‘10 Years On’, a new exhibition [...]
Sadiq Khan open to decriminalisation of cannabis: ‘Drugs trade causes huge damage,’ says Mayor of London May 12, 2022 SADIQ Khan is open to supporting a campaign to make cannabis legal in the UK as he visited a marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles yesterday.
Khan tours America: Donald Trump’s presidency led to much more racist abuse for me, says Mayor of London May 11, 2022 As Sadiq Khan’s visit to the US matures, the Mayor of London has said Donald Trump’s period as US president led to a significant rise in racial abuse directed at him. Khan, speaking at Stanford University near San Francisco on his US trade mission, said temporary and permanent banning of Mr Trump from Twitter led [...]
Tech giants need to crack down on racist abuse online, says Sadiq Khan May 10, 2022 Sadiq Khan said tech giants need to ‘act sensibly’ and not wait for governments to bring in regulations
Trump’s presidency drove racist abuse, according to GLA analysis as Musk set to drop Twitter ban May 10, 2022 Donald Trump’s election as President spurred on racist abuse against London Mayor Sadiq Khan, fresh analysis from the Greater London Authority has suggested as Elon Musk said he plans to lift the Twitter ban on the former US leader. According to the GLA, the number of abusive tweets the Mayor was subjected to rose by [...]