London Is Still Here, But For How Long? October 2025

There has been a rise in chatter about London of late. It seems to have become one of the world’s cesspits — at least, that’s how it’s spoken of. The far right in particular seem to hold a special disdain for the city, convinced that to take any joy in the capital is to somehow endorse the melting pot that it undoubtedly is. I’ve lived here for most of my life, walking more or less the same six-mile radius the entire time. Adventurous? No. But you can take from that a certain devotion; I am, unapologetically, in love with London.

Yet the negativity permeates. I hear people groaning under its weight, claiming the city has lost its soul. Fraser Nelson recently wrote in The Times, “Violent, lawless, broken Britain? The facts tell a different story,” arguing that much of the narrative about national decline is perception rather than reality. Still, London, like the rest of us, has its troubles. But I don’t believe they’ll be solved by dismantling the very structures that made this place what it is.

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