Broadcaster Nick Ferrari criticised Mayor of London Sadiq Khan for his “incompetence” over London’s spiralling knife crime crisis. The LBC attack came after four violent deaths in the city over the weekend, including the killing of a heavily pregnant woman. The victim’s baby was delivered and remains critically ill in hospital.
This takes the total number of people slain in London this year to 64.
An exasperated Mr Ferrari was stunned by how Sadiq Khan was “getting away with” the rampant crime wave in the capital.
He told listeners: "This is what the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said. 'Violence against women has no place in this city'. So it's all right to stab men then, is it? What an extraordinary thing to say.
“All the time, you're busy not allowing fried chicken to be sold near schools or banning pictures of bikinis on the tube or talking about how many trees you've planted.
"I suppose you can say violence against 'women' has no place in this city. Meanwhile, three men, who are also in this city in which you are paid a considerable amount of money to look after, are lying in various mortuaries.
"How much longer is he going to get away with this?
"I wouldn't trust him to take out the garbage, he's incompetent. How is he still in place?
"I guarantee we'll hear cuts, austerity measures. Meanwhile, he's in charge of a budget where he manages to find money to interview hate speech.
"Shall we dial down on hate speech for a bit and maybe turn it up in knives a bit."
The eight-month pregnant woman who was stabbed to death has been named as Kelly Mary Fauvrelle.
Two men have since been arrested on suspicion of murdering the 26-year-old, who was pronounced dead at a house in Croydon early on Saturday.
