Whether you’re violently anti or hysterically pro-Ulez, you have to admit that it demonstrated admirable qualities in our Mayor, Sadiq Khan. He showed us he can be refreshingly intractable and dogged, that he doesn’t mind upsetting people under incredible pressure from half of London, and even his own party leader. He showed us he is a man who is prepared to never stop fighting for a cause he really believes in. In a time of politicians like the get-rich-quick-multiple-identity Grant Shapps and “I’m not working if I haven’t got my K” Nadine Dorries, a conviction politician doing something unpopular for the good of our great city truly is a beautiful thing.
But while I praise Khan for Ulez, there is another horrific blight on London and I’m sorry to say it is one he seems allergic to mentioning. Two words: knife crime.
