The black cab is every bit as familiar a sight in London as the red telephone box. It’s one of the things that make London unique, and is one of the things that tourists expect to see when coming here. Sadiq Khan, as London mayor, has a large say in what happens with Transport For London (TfL). He agreed with the removal of body-positive images of women in bikinis, and was quite vocal about why these images should be taken down from the underground adverts in his first days of office — in case they shamed fat people who have no control over their dietary impulses. Now he is happy that TfL is no longer dominated by white males, and he has made sure that people of colour make up the majority of the TfL voting bloc. Why he thinks skin tone or gender are transferable skills is beyond me. Uber cabs are already killing the black cab trade in London by illegally picking up people on the streets, and undercutting them on prices. Only black cabs are allowed to be flagged down by pedestrians; Uber is supposed to be by appointment only, and yet they sit on the sidewalks waiting to illegally pick up trade, like prostitutes.

Now Sadiq Khan has give the green light for Nohman Ahmed to set up a taxi service that will not only further undercut the traditional black cab service in London, but will also undercut Uber. Ahmed promises the surprise of your life, with Lamborghinis being one of the vehicles that might pick you up, and they will charge you only £5 for the privilege of escorting you around zone 1 in London with your 100th purchase. One of the selling points is that you can feel like Saudi Billionaire Turki Bin Abdullah.

The left are moaning about a ‘living wage,’ and Sadiq Khan is getting behind an organisation run by Ahmed that is virtually giving their wares away for free. How can the traditional London black cab compete with this? This is all reminiscent of Lutfur Rahman, the corrupt Tower Hamlets Muslim MP who was doing illegal deals with fellow Bangladeshis.

My friend is a black cab driver, and she has seen her income deteriorate with the rise of Uber. Now, with Khan giving the green light to Ahmed, she will see her salary reduced even more. It is illegal for Uber drivers to pick people up on the street, randomly, without prior booking, and yet they do. London hot spots are littered with Uber drivers. Further, my friend, the black cab driver, had to spend three years studying the London roads and answering multiple theory questions, at the expense of £10,000. Her studying comprised of learning the streets of London like the back of her hand (four hours on a bike each day to familiarize herself with the streets, two hours each day learning road names, a further two doing map testing, and two hours revision and preparation for the next day). She learned a craft that Khan is taking away from her. Nowadays, with sat-nav being available to all road users, my friend feels that her time spent studying was a waste, given the fact that people can get away with driving passengers around using electronic devices whilst speaking very little English.

A different organisation applied last year to TfL in order to have their cars and services rival Uber in London, but their appeal was rejected. Sadiq Khan has supported and defended terrorists throughout his legal career. It appears, now, likewise with Luftur Rahman, that there could possibly be Islamic favouritism occurring. Why would Sadiq Khan want to harm the traditional black cab industry by introducing a service by Ahmed that costs the user essentially pennies, and which will lead to the possible demise of a very English sight and mode of transport – the black cab?