Reform UK’s Nadhim Zahawi has clashed with a senior Tory after doubling down on his claim that London is unsafe.
It demonstrably IS unsafe, how could anyone claim it isn't? Anyone who wasn't knowingly trying to paint fears as 'rightwing concerns', that is?
Mr Zahawi had told how he felt unsafe one morning after coming across a man in one of the capital’s most affluent areas who looked like he hadn’t slept and who he felt might be violent.
And that invited detractors to claim he was imagining things, something they'd never dare to say to a woman who expressed the same concerns.
Reigniting the row, the senior Reform figure highlighted a report on crime in Mayfair and took a swipe at Sir Chris and Mr Hollinrake. “Both @kevinhollinrake @RhonddaBryant laugh and belittle people who think London is unsafe, only @policylaila @ZiaYusufUK and @reformparty_uk will take our streets, neighbourhoods & country back from the criminals & thugs,” he messaged on X.
I applaud any such effort, doomed as it is to failure by people who will argue the sun rises in the west and sets in the east rather than admit the truth.
However, plain-speaking Yorkshire MP Mr Hollinrake hit back, posting: “Hi Nadhim, first time we’ve spoken for a while but we were very friendly last time we did. “No - as you actually know - I wasn’t belittling the problems we have in London and other parts of the UK - I was belittling your ludicrous example of a personal threat to you which never was.”
Trust your instincts, Nadhim - if they tell you someone is sketchy, they are probably right.
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