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London Mayor Sadiq Khan Hails ‘Adolescence’ for Having ‘Mainstreamed’ Conversation About ‘Epidemic’ of Violence Against Women
Sadiq Khan said record numbers of Americans had moved to the UK since Donald Trump returned to power
Speaking to Variety on the sidelines of the inaugural SXSW London, where he gave the opening speech, Khan said that there was an “epidemic of violence against women and girls” in the U.K., citing statistic from 2019 and 2020 that asserted “every three days a woman is killed at the hands of a man.” Speaking to Variety, Khan also doubled-down on his opening speech at SXSW London, where he pitched the British capital as a stable international investment opportunity as opposed to the U.S., where there was “uncertainty and political” and an “inward-looking mentality” “I know from speaking to friends in America that they’re in choppy political waters, and what I’m saying to them is, that we have something rare in London, which is an environment that is open, that is stable, that is diverse, so it’s perfect for the creative industries,” he said, adding that the number of Americans moving to the U.K. had soared since Trump started his second term as president.
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