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London is no longer a safe place to live, at least in the eyes of some of its richest residents – and the 47th president of the United States.
“I think he’s done a terrible job,” Donald Trump said during his state visit to the UK last month, in his latest broadside at London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan. “Crime in London is through the roof.”
Trump’s view is increasingly accepted wisdom in rightwing circles and is gaining traction more widely. Crime is even being blamed – along with rising taxes – for an apparent exodus of the super-rich from the UK.
