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Post by jason on Jul 15, 2018 2:55:10 GMT -5
London Pub Changes Its Name to 'The Trump Arms'
LONDON – The Jameson Pub renamed itself “The Trump Arms” in honor of the presidential visit and planned an event Saturday evening featuring hot dogs, cocktails and other American treats.
Decorated with copious amounts of American flags, MAGA caps and a life-size cutout of President Trump, patrons said they had gone out of their way to show support for President Trump. Mark Nicholas said he objected to the way the president had been treated when he visited London. “If the Queen was treated in America the same way, we’d be up in arms,” he added. I think whether you like him or don’t like him, he should be treated accordingly.”
Landlord (currently going by the title “Chief of Staff”) Damien Smyth, said it was the approval of the “Trump baby” balloon (above center) by Sadiq Khan (above right), London’s Muslim mayor, that made him take the leap to changing the name of the establishment. “What an insult, not an insult to Trump because he’s a tough old dog, there’s no problem with him,” he said. “But it is an insult to the good decent American people who did vote for Mr. Trump.”
Smyth said the pub were seeing a huge increase in people coming to the pub, and the reception had been overwhelmingly positive.
Adam Shaw, Fox News, July 14, 2018. |
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Post by Graveyardbride on Jul 16, 2018 1:19:50 GMT -5
London Mayor Criticized for Trump Balloon, Exploding Crime Rate
London Mayor Sadiq Khan slammed President Trump’s criticism of him as “preposterous” after allowing a giant Trump balloon at anti-Trump protests in London, but critics question whether the mayor should be devoting his energy to tackling crime rather than “embarrassing” the city in front of the entire world.
President Trump reignited the feud with Khan in an interview with The Sun, saying the Mayor of London “has done a terrible job” when it comes to terrorism and crime. “I think he has done a bad job on crime, if you look, all of the horrible things going on there, with all of the crime that is being brought in.”
Khan called the comments “preposterous” on the BBC’s Today program, claiming that violent crime has risen across the country and London has been forced to tackle the issue with a smaller police budget. But crime in London persists in epidemic proportions as the murder rate soared by 44 percent, with 157 homicides committed compared to 109 the previous year, according to the Metropolitan Police.
A former U.S. ambassador, Sir Christopher Meyer, was the victim of a violent attack at a central London underground station this week. “I’m absolutely shocked by the level of the brutality,” his wife, Baroness Meyer, told the London Times. “They really beat him. It’s appalling – like something you would see in a war zone.
Earlier this year, for the first time in modern history, London overtook New York in its number of murders. In February, London’s police investigated 15 murders while New York had only 11 homicides. In March, the Metropolitan Police reported the number of murders jumped to 22.
London is also facing the rise of shocking acid attacks, skyrocketing by more than 78 percent over the past two years, with 465 such offenses in 2017, up from 260 in 2015, according to police figures obtained by the Evening Standard. Even Bangladesh, which averages one acid attack per week, has fewer such attacks than London.
Frustrated Londoners are airing their concerns concerning the spiraling crime in the city, while Khan remains preoccupied with feuding with Trump. “This guy spends his week getting a balloon of Donald Trump in a nappy (diaper) put in the air in central London instead of helping us with severe issues. I just think he’s so worried about himself, his reputation and PR rather than portraying the country, the city in the best way it can be and making it safe for the citizens,” said Mark Wright, a London business leader who won the UK’s version of The Apprentice. “I think he embarrassed himself. He’s embarrassed Britain because no matter what you think of Donald Trump, it’s irrelevant. America is the most powerful country in the world,” Wright continued, “the office of president has got to be respected no matter who that person is and that wasn’t done and I was very disappointed.”
Wright’s comments echo recent remarks by former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani, under whose tenure the city’s crime rate dropped by more than half and murders decreased by two-thirds, thanks to tough zero-tolerance policing – a measure Khan once vehemently opposed, yet was forced to reintroduce amid the crime epidemic. “Sadiq Khan should be ashamed of himself,” Giuliani, asserted. “He’s so busy attacking President Trump’s visit and, in the meantime, crime is spiraling in London. Maybe he should just do his job instead of attacking a world leader. I would not like to go to a country where someone with the authority of a mayor was rallying people against them,” he continued. “It’s highly inappropriate. He’s probably suffering from some of the criticisms that President Trump has made of him, which are valid.”
Since the beginning of the year, more than 50 people were fatally stabbed in the streets of the British capital. Just this past Thursday, a 17-year-old girl was stabbed to death. By the end of April 2018, close to 1,300 stabbings had occurred in London. Knife attacks are at their highest level in six years, with a 21 percent increase over the number of stabbings in 2017. “I’m a bit ashamed to be living in Britain today with how Sadiq Khan has let the city carry on with Trump here,” Wright added. “He’s the worst mayor we’ve had in the history in London. It’s easier now to get a knife or other deadly weapon than it is to get Starbucks. You can get a knife anywhere here at the moment. He’s in no position to be throwing rocks in glass houses.”
In comparison, under the leadership of Boris Johnson between 2008 and 2016, the murder rate decreased by half until 2014 when it increased minimally during the last years of his tenure. Stabbings also significantly decreased, albeit only since 2012, reaching its lowest level just before Johnson left office, according to Metropolitan Police figures.
The aunt of Kelva Smith, who was fatally stabbed in the abdomen in March this year, told the BBC that knife crime was “out of control” in London.
Last month, a mother grilled Khan over growing crime in the city, citing the fact that a victim was stabbed almost in front of a closed police station. “[It] happened outside that police station that is closed down, my local police station,” the woman charged. “There are no [police officers] on our street. We don’t feel safe. Our communities do not feel safe. “You give me statistics, Mr Khan and that's fair enough,” she continued. “But for me as a parent, I'm telling you, we do not feel safe. We don’t feel safe in London. Please don't give me statistics. Give me known facts so I can let my son out in the streets of London and feel safe.”
Khan dismissed the woman’s criticism, saying the police force in London is “under-resourced” to ensure safety.
The mayor also bemoaned President Trump’s visit just a day before on financial grounds, saying the city lacks the financial resources to provide safety during the visit, even though the president is spending the majority of his time away from the capital. This is all while Khan encouraged millions of Londoners to march against the president, adding additional strain to his “under-resourced” police force.
Chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation Ken Marsh told the Evening Standard security costs for President Trump’s visit could run to tens of millions of pounds. The state visit by Barack Obama, thanks to almost non-existent protests, cost around £3 million. “That just sums him [Khan] up,” Wright added, commenting on the costs of policing that could have been saved had the protests not been encouraged by the mayor. “I don’t think he’s got any business knowledge. He doesn’t think for the people, I don’t see him as a caring, forward-thinking individual. He’s very self-obsessed. And that’s the qualities he called out in Trump, but I think he’s only generalizing himself.”
Despite the overwhelming problems in the city, Khan is favored to win a second term in 2020, primarily because no senior Conservative party leaders appear willing to step up and challenge him.
Yet Khan must be aware of his slipping popularity. Only half of Londoners believe he’s a good mayor, according to a YouGov poll in May – a decrease by almost 10 percent compared to last year – while almost a third of residents think he’s doing a bad job.
“I think he should be sacked. I think he’s a disgrace for mayor. If I don’t do my job properly, I lose my job. He’s not doing his job properly. He’s disrespecting the most powerful office in the world and he’s doing it only to gain himself politically,” Wright concluded.
Sources: Lukas Mikelionis, Fox News, July 14, 2018, and Make Love Not Scars.
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Post by catherine on Jul 16, 2018 11:28:37 GMT -5
I lost respect for the Brits when they allowed the Liberals to open the doors to every sorry Eastern European, Muslim and other trash in the name of multiculturalism, which has been a total failure. But if they vote for that Muslim SOB again, they deserve exactly what they're getting.
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Post by madeline on Jul 16, 2018 13:30:43 GMT -5
I lost respect for the Brits when they allowed the Liberals to open the doors to every sorry Eastern European, Muslim and other trash in the name of multiculturalism, which has been a total failure. But if they vote for that Muslim SOB again, they deserve exactly what they're getting. |
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Post by Isbeau on Jul 27, 2018 17:37:33 GMT -5
London has always been a city build on immigration. All empires build on immigration since at least Rome.
The rulers have their own interests that are not in line with the common interest. They always like to rush in all their ideas and most of the time it's the hurried timeline that is the biggest problem.
I'm glad to see racial profiling is still around. I like the term racialistic profiling because "racial profiling" got a bad rap. It always needs to be done. If a ruler won't do it, you can do it for your own sake. I have trace Eastern European and I can definitely say the Eastern Euro men are taking over the crime stats and they're not restricted in terms of starting age or crime or target which is unusual.
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Post by steve on Jul 27, 2018 17:53:18 GMT -5
London has always been a city build on immigration. All empires build on immigration since at least Rome. The rulers have their own interests that are not in line with the common interest. They always like to rush in all their ideas and most of the time it's the hurried timeline that is the biggest problem. I'm glad to see racial profiling is still around. I like the term geo-racialistic profiling because "racial profiling" got a bad rap. It always needs to be done. If a ruler won't do it, you can do it for your own sake. I have trace Eastern European and I can definitely say the Eastern Euro men are taking over the crime stats and they're not restricted in terms of starting age or crime or target which is unusual. I live in New York State, have never lived anywhere else, and I was taught that racial profiling is wrong, but I've changed my mind. You have to make decisions based on race and other things about people for your own safety and that of others and I'd say it's 10 times more important for women to be aware of their surroundings and other people than it is for men. People can say that racial profiling is wrong all they want to, but any dude who's standing in line to board a plane and says he doesn't have second thoughts when he sees a half-a-dozen Muslim men in line with him is a liar. |
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Post by Isbeau on Jul 29, 2018 23:11:14 GMT -5
The English used to be honest and admit to racially profiling based on which races were martial races. Martial not marital. Although martial and marital often goes together.
Totally Nietzsche.
I don't think they think the President is martial enough. Prince Charles the same. Not martial or marital enough. Skip that guy.
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Post by jason on Jul 29, 2018 23:47:15 GMT -5
The English used to be honest and admit to racially profiling based on which races were martial races. Martial not marital. Although martial and marital often goes together. Totally Nietzsche. I don't think they think the President is martial enough. Prince Charles the same. Not martial or marital enough. Skip that guy.
You've got it backwards, the Brits hate President Trump because he's too warlike. Over the past three or four decades, the Brits have turned into a bunch of candyasses. If there's another world war, Britain, Scotland, Ireland and the rest of Western Europe will be total liabilities because they're so wrapped up in multiculturalism they've forgotten how to fight.
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Post by pat on Jul 30, 2018 3:07:00 GMT -5
You've got it backwards, the Brits hate President Trump because he's too warlike. Over the past three or four decades, the Brits have turned into a bunch of candyasses. If there's another world war, Britain, Scotland, Ireland and the rest of Western Europe will be total liabilities because they're so wrapped up in multiculturalism they've forgotten how to fight. |
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