Sir Sadiq and Sir Mark are telling UK ambassadors London is safe; not in Clapham, it’s not

Bad timing, no? On the very day that Clapham was brought to a terrified standstill by feral youths breaking into shops and assaulting police – with others filming the whole thing on their phones – the Mayor and the Met Commissioner were busy at the Foreign Office. They were telling British ambassadors, including Sir Christian Turner, Britain’s ambassador to Washington, “to challenge the disinformation, misinformation and lies” on the internet about London”. The Mayor declared: “I recognise there is a perception around the globe about London being unsafe. Of course, one crime is one crime too many, but people are spreading false propaganda about city because it serves their interests.”