Laila Cunningham tells press conference that people pity Londoners for having to live in a city that is ‘no longer safe’
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Reform’s new London mayoral candidate has been accused of “talking down” the UK’s capital, after she said that people “pity” Londoners.
Laila Cunningham, a former senior crown prosecutor and a Reform Westminster city councillor, used a central London press conference to paint a picture of the capital as a crime-ridden metropolis, billing herself as “a new sheriff in town” who would, if elected, launch “an all-out war on crime”.
Standing alongside the Reform leader, Nigel Farage, Cunningham said she loved London, having been born and raised in the city, but claimed it was no longer safe. “I love this city with all my heart, but unlike some in this room, I’m not blind to what it’s become. London, one of the greatest cities on Earth, is no longer safe, and that doesn’t happen by accident,” she said.
