OPINION - Why millions of Brits are dead wrong about what’s really happening on London’s streets

An American friend of mine recently asked why I’m okay with my two late-teen daughters going out on their own in London. The reality is you always have some background concern as a father, but the fact he spontaneously asked, and linked his question specifically to London, took me aback. Of course, I shouldn’t have been surprised at how far the negative messages about our capital have travelled , given the big political voices and relentless social media posts focused on the theme. “Now they want to go to Sharia law,” Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly. Robert Jenrick, while filming himself among fare-dodgers at Stratford, said the Ma…