Sadiq Khan Pedestrianises Oxford Street, Westminster Council Begins Preparing Nearby Roads for All the Traffic Oxford Street Used to Have | London demonstrates the ancient urban-planning principle that congestion disappears immediately after crossing a borough boundary
London Introduces “Assimilation Olympics,” Awards Gold Medal for Complaining About the Weather and Arguing About Whether a Scone Is Pronounced “Skon” or “Skohn” LONDON — Britain has been quietly hosting its own Assimilation Olympics for decades, and the results are in: the gold medal goes to whoever can spend the longest amount of time living among people they’ve never spoken to, the silver goes to the person who moved from Surrey to…
The Right’s Assault on London: A Manufactured Crisis Shortly before Christmas, the Conservative MP and former security minister Tom Tugendhat published a lengthy post on X detailing his regular long late-night walks home from parliament. They took him past housing estates and poorer areas. He heard many languages. Some streets were dirty, others smelled of dope but, aside from the odd drunk, he never felt threatened. The capital has its issues, he…
New York Mayor Discovers Budget Hack: “If You Can’t Balance It, Just Borrow From Everyone’s Future” — And Experts Predict It’s Coming to London Next NEW YORK / LONDON — In a stunning act of fiscal creativity that economists are calling “bold,” “innovative,” and “oh Christ, not again,” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has unveiled a budget strategy that hinges on a time-tested socialist principle: when the numbers don’t work today, simply…
London Nightlife Crisis: Why the Capital’s 24-Hour City Dream Is Dying London nightlife used to be legendary — the city where night meant life, with late-night kebabs, duelling DJs, and bankers in loafers attempting (and failing) salsa at 2am. Now? The biggest late-night adventure is finding a bus that isn’t already dreaming of bed. The decline of London nightlife isn’t just a rumour; it’s a transport-induced tragedy. Let’s unpack this…
Londoners Stunned To Learn Mayor Has Been Sadiq Khan For Their Entire Adult Lives | Capital discovers the man on the cycling poster also runs the city
The £1.8 Million Hug Coupon: London’s Revolutionary Crime-Fighting Strategy London has invented a new crime-fighting technology. Not police. Not courts. Not prisons. Community pottery. According to a recent plan by Mayor Sadiq Khan, £1.8 million will be handed to 30 community centres so people can defeat hatred using craft tables and emotional availability. The theory is simple: if a criminal steals your bike but attends a ukulele workshop afterward, society wins.…
Who Is The Mayor Of London England? Still Sadiq Khan, Still On The Poster | Who is the Mayor of London England? It is Sadiq Khan, in office since 2016 – so long a whole generation has known no other. The deadpan dossier.
