Conservative Candidate for Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has accused Ken Livingstone of misleading Londoners over crime levels following claims that crime is falling 6% a year.
Mr Johnson says the comments, which were made on LBC 97.3FM this morning, are contradicted by statistics drawn from Mayoral press releases show that over the past four years violent crime has risen in London.
Johnson’s campaign say that while other types of crime “may have fallen” but violent crime and robbery have been on the increase.
Mr Johnson said his rival was “completely out of touch with the realities of what is going on in the capital. The statistics show that violent crime as a whole is rising in London, yet he misleads Londoners with the figures he recites.”
“Unlike Ken Livingstone, I believe it is the Mayor’s job to take direct responsibility, which is why I have pledged to chair the Metropolitan Police Authority. I will provide the police with more hand-held scanners to tackle the guns and knives on our streets as advocated by former Met Commissioner Lord Stevens.”
“I will also use the weight of the Mayoral office to campaign against the bureaucracy and form-filling that keeps too many police from giving us the protection we deserve.
“My top priority is to make our streets and public transport safer. Londoners have the chance to vote for a fresh approach on May 1st.”
Watervole says
Ken has achieved absolutely zip in his time as Mayor and has been busy empire building and enriching his coffers in order to make vast election promises which he will not keep. I am fed up with seeing his blasted signs everywhere and with the bureaucracy that he has engendered. Also, he has initiated a kind of creeping brothel where matters that used to be the preserve of local authorities are suddently under his control. There are no controls in place and I like Boris’ propositions for making this office accountable. Also Boris’ ideas on developing brownfield sites, preserving green space and cutting out bureaucracy are first rate. The cost of buses is a detail – it is far more important to get a lean, functioning, ship in place and get rid of all the encumbrances Ken has put in place. Can’t wait!
steve baines says
I was so glad to here Boris became Mayor of London ,his ideas are new and fresh unlike Ken who i think is still living in the dark ages.Boris’idea to put more police on the tube is great i cant stand young people getting on the train shouting and drinking and making everyone frightend. My idea for that would be to have a text number that people could send a quick text to telling what station they have passed
and then police could be waiting at the
next station waiting for the trouble makers to remove them from the train, just my 2 cents go Boris GO.