![\"Nadhim](\"https:\/\/cms.joe.co.uk\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-13-at-16.53.20.webp?height=440&width=750\"\/)
<\/p>\n“So\u2026 London has fallen because there\u2019s some knackered people walking around?”
<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Nadhim Zahawi has claimed that London is \u201cnot safe\u201d because he saw a man who \u201clooked like he hadn\u2019t slept.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
How \u2018safe\u2019 London is has become one of the favourite topics of the right, who like to claim that the capital is a crime-ridden no-go zone where people dare not go outside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
Of course, this is lightyears from the truth. Officials stats show crime levels in London\u00a0are falling\u00a0whilst polling has found that the group who believe London is the safest are\u00a0those who actually live there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t seem to stop the usual suspects complaining about London \u2013 but it seems some of them are scraping the barrel when looking for proof to back up their argument.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
During an appearance on\u00a0LBC\u00a0this week, Reform\u2019s Nadhim Zahawi told Nick Ferrari he did not feel safe in London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
However, when Zahawi gave an example of a time he had felt unsafe, it wasn\u2019t the horror story he perhaps thought.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
The former chancellor recalled how he had been walking home when he was \u201cwalked into the middle of the road\u201d because an individual walked past him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
This prompted Ferrari to ask what the individual had been doing to prompt such evasive action from Zahawi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he appear to be drunk, did he appear to be aggressive,\u201d the host asked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
The threatening behaviour in question? Looking tired.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
Zahawi said: \u201cHe just looked like he hadn\u2019t slept for a week and just looked like somebody who might be violent, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
Zahawi was roundly mocked online for his terrifying tale of walking past a tired man.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
One person wrote: \u201cSo\u2026 London has fallen because there\u2019s some knackered people walking around?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
Another imagined what the story would sound like from the man\u2019s point of view\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
#Nadhim #Zahawi #claims #London #safe #tired #man #JOE.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“So\u2026 London has fallen because there\u2019s some knackered people walking around?” Nadhim Zahawi has claimed that London is \u201cnot safe\u201d because he saw a man who \u201clooked like he hadn\u2019t slept.\u201d How \u2018safe\u2019 London is has become one of the favourite topics of the right, who like to claim that the capital is a crime-ridden […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1007,2861,313,774,3211,3210,18,1931,3213,3212],"class_list":{"0":"post-3467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-claims","9":"tag-joe-co-uk","10":"tag-london","11":"tag-man","12":"tag-nadhim","13":"tag-nadhim-zahawi","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-safe","16":"tag-tired","17":"tag-zahawi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}