Sadiq Khan Knighted by King as Londoners Fume He’s Being “Rewarded for Failure”
Sadiq Khan received his knighthood at Buckingham Palace today as Londoners fumed it is a “reward for failure” as violent crime in the capital continues to spiral out of control. The Mail has the story.
The London Mayor was given the honour by the King at Buckingham Palace, saying the monarch was ‘chuffed’ to bestow it.
However, the Tories have condemned the award claiming that Sir Sadiq has not managed to get a grip on violent crime in the capital.
Sir Sadiq has been Mayor since 2016, becoming the first person to win a third term in the role.
Before that he was Labour MP for Tooting, serving as a junior minister under Gordon Brown’s premiership.
The knighthood for political and public service was announced in the New Year Honours, but was only formally bestowed by the King today.
Afterwards, Sir Sadiq posted on Facebook: “The London promise: if you work hard, and get a helping hand, you can achieve anything.
“Immensely proud to receive a knighthood from His Majesty The King today. Growing up on a council estate in Tooting, I never could have imagined that I’d one day receive this great honour while serving as the Mayor of London.
“It’s a truly humbling moment for myself and my family, and one that I hope inspires others to believe in the incredible opportunities that our great capital offers.
“I’ll forever be honoured to serve the city that I love – and will continue to do all I can to build a fairer, safer, greener and more prosperous London for everyone.”
Sir Sadiq said he joked with the King about who was a bigger workaholic and the monarch “was very chuffed that he managed to personally give me this honour”.
He said: “I have got the pleasure of working closely with the King.
“We were just comparing who’s a bigger workaholic.
“He was very chuffed that he managed to personally give me this honour and he actually apologised for it taking so long – which is not a problem at all.”
Shadow Home Secretary and Croydon MP Chris Philp said: “Two days ago, volunteers had to take matters into their own hands and clean graffiti off tube carriages because Sadiq Khan was failing to act.
“Today the Mayor received his knighthood. This is a slap in the face to Londoners who have faced a council tax hike of over 70%, a surge in knife crime and an increase in red tape stifling bars and restaurants on his watch.
“At the same time, the Mayor seems more interested in trying to decriminalise cannabis than making London a better place to live.
“Sadiq Khan’s knighthood is a reward for failure.”
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Charlie isn’t the sharpest tool in the box but it could have been Andrew.
Chuckles is a traitor.
Too True !
It’s a fitting commentary on the utter debasement of our political system that a creature like Khanage-the-Vile (the man who thinks that moderate Muslims are “Uncle Toms”) is “honoured”. Now we have a dis-honours system.
Absolutely. I have zero respect for the “honours” system in this country. Whenever I hear “Dame” this or that all I can think of is pantomime dame.
I know Chaz doesn’t get a say in who gets these ‘honours’, but he could have least done a body swerve and let another Royal do the dastardly deed. He seems keen to feed the crocodile, thinking he will be safe. What a mistake.
As for the Honours List, it’s just plain embarrassing now.
Saint Packham can’t be far behind now, after all that toady Beckham has been christened. Bloody creep.
A sword ‘swerve’ would have been good
I’d have been thinking of Charles I with that sword. Unfortunately Big Ears isn’t that bright.
Was it humbling or honouring? There’s a difference you know. To be humbled would be to be publicly shamed.
‘For myself’ – why is this abuse of the language considered acceptable?
I think your answer is in this.
From Wikipedia:
I can’t be bothered to link to Wikipedia again. Look it up if you want to.
Henry VIII would have moved to sword vigorously leftwards (or got someone to do it for him) and the populace would have cheered. I know I would.
The Khant is a one-man shitshow;
”Sadiq Khan’s “knighthood” is a travesty. Under his watch, London’s knife crime has surged, with a 38% rise since 2016, and unchecked immigration fuels the chaos.
His Fabian Society ties only deepen distrust in his anti-woman, anti-British, globalist agenda.
Londoners demand safety, not honours for failure.”
https://x.com/JRtypes/status/1932443990667731238
Agreed;
”It’s like recognising the Vichy government for services to France. I’m surprised he isn’t using a machete – it would be more fitting.”
https://x.com/KiszelyPhilip/status/1932474753308373323
Wow, do we think the new Reform Chairman, David Bull, misspoke? This doesn’t bode well; “Immigration is the lifeblood of this country, it always has been” https://x.com/Basil_TGMD/status/1932429964571291660 ”If Dr David Bull thinks immigration is the lifeblood of this country, then he’s clearly more comfortable parroting Blairite talking points than standing up for Britain’s sovereignty, culture, and cohesion. This isn t just tone-deaf – it’s betrayal. Immigration has not been the lifeblood of Britain – its true lifeblood has always been its people, its traditions, its institutions, and its unbroken cultural inheritance. What built this country wasn’t a conveyor belt of mass migration. It was centuries of continuity, sacrifice, and shared values. Britain became great in spite of immigration, not because of it – and certainly not the kind of industrial-scale immigration we’ve seen in recent decades. What David is doing here is regurgitating the same dishonest bull we’ve heard from Labour, the Lib Dems, and the soft-bellied Tories: that questioning immigration is racist, and that the only path to prosperity is endless demographic churn. It’s the coward’s gospel – useful for corporate donors and globalists, but poison to ordinary Britons watching their towns change beyond recognition. Reform UK was supposed… Read more »
Reform trying out-woke the LibDems. Brush up on your skateboarding, Nigel…
Huge amount of backlash following this comment by Bull, which one would expect to have come from the mouth of Sadiq Khan, more than anyone. As if people weren’t disillusioned enough already with Reform. Not the best start by this new chairman. He’s alienating patriots and people that might have voted Reform had they been stronger on the whole immigration theme, but it’s clear as day there’ll never be any mass deportations if this lot get into power. Perhaps people were being overly optimistic and hoping for another Trump but I think that’s a pipe dream, in all honesty. What you need is someone cut from the same cloth as Viktor Orban, but I think he’s one of a kind and the UK won’t ever get a leader such as him. ‘Immigration is the lifeblood of this country, it always has been.’ ”No senior politician should be peddling this lie, and indeed most of them are now too canny to get caught saying it. But do they not also see that it is the biggest insult to the indigenous people of this country, people who over centuries and countless generations built this extraordinary nation?” Peter Whittle ”Absolutely spot on. The… Read more »
If he thinks that he’s not fit to be in parliament let alone in government.
Expletives deleted.
I’ve said it before but we are really being Robert The Bruced !!
Friar Tuck-ed.
Appalling ignorance from Bull with regard to migration in to this country. To all intents it was negligible until after World War Two.
FFS. What a t#sspot.
Hmm… but they (a majority of Londoners who voted) did vote for him.
I’ve wondered ‘aloud’ before but what would it take for an outer London borough to secede from Greater London? And what would be the impact on that borough?
Edited for precision.
You need somebody like Ant Middleton, but as he’s not a globalist and doesn’t tick any DEI boxes ( which seems to be a prerequisite ) it’ll never happen, unfortunately.
Took an old fashioned ‘taxi’ on Friday from Fulham to Victoria in a vain and failed attempt to get my Kings Cross train back up to Yorkshire after the tube from Wimbledon to Parsons Green were suspended due to signal failure.
Tell you what the cabbie driver was not a fan of the current London mayor. No, not a fan at all.
And I don’t think he was the only cabbie to feel that way either.
Pass the sick bag, Alice.
I suspect that a white man failing as egregiously as saddo would be allowed nowhere near buck house.
Just more performative virtue signalling from chuckles, another contribution to making our country an international laughing stock.
I am most unhappy.
Sir Sadiq said he joked with the King about who was a bigger workaholic and the monarch said, ” let’s be honest, we’re both lazy bar stewards”.
😀😀😀
He’s a comical little khant.
Clearly “serving the climate” trumps serving the people of London.
He’s being rewarded for carrying out orders !
Big Ears the Muslim Monarch strikes again.
A very unfunny joke.
One left wing parasite rewarding another one with an “honour.”
If Londoners are sick of him then they should stop voting for him, or get off their backsides and actually vote.
“Birds of a feather……..”
A flick of the wrist, Your Majesty, and you would have endeared yourself to the Nation.
How does Sadiq Khan keep getting elected ?
Short Can’t knighted by long leftist plant whisperer? I khan’t believe it!