Tories Go Full Trump In “London Chaos” Crime Video

Politico Europe reports:

In 2015, it was Donald Trump who took aim at the U.K. capital as a place where “police are afraid for their own lives,” sparking national outrage. Now, it’s a homegrown party amping up fear of crime in London. The Conservatives posted a campaign social media video claiming London was “teetering on the brink of chaos … gripped by the tendrils of rising crime” on the watch of Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Featuring heavy overtones of a Batman movie, the video posted to X (formerly Twitter) is composed of clips shot in moody black and white and an American-accented voiceover. Issued by Conservative Central Office (CCHQ), it has already been edited and re-uploaded after viewers spotted that one of the dystopian-looking scenes it depicted was of the New York subway rather than the London Tube.

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