London Has Fallen

It's disconcerting to think that two of the world's financial capitals, London and New York City, have mayors so misaligned with their cities' heritage. New York mayor Bill de Blasio makes no secret about his love for fellating communists, whether Soviet or Central American. His latest tribute to identity politics involved condemning one of the city's newest job creators, Chick-Fil-A.

"I’m certainly not going to patronize them and I wouldn’t urge any other New Yorker to patronize them," he said. Well, certainly. Whether or not de Blasio earns re-election depends on New Yorkers' tolerance for public urination and rising crime.

Comrade de Blasio's counterpart across the Pond is a London-born Pakistani muslim named Sadiq Khan. His victory by 13 percentage points was decisive. And Londoners deserves the opportunity to choose for themselves their form of governance.

It's unsettling that the place that sent kings and knights to defend the seat of Christendom is now ruled by Islam. London has become dar al Islam.

The citizens of London had plenty of data points to judge the character of Khan, before the election. He criticized the Transport authority as having too many white males.

"Did you know there are 16 people on the board of TfL," he asked. "Thirteen of them are white men. Thirteen. Think about it."

Thus Khan has served notice that the sun will set upon those with Anglo heritage. It's not the fault of the white people, really. They have been leaving the city to the foreign-born. London has earned this changing of the guard.

Queen Elizabeth II was coronated on June 2, 1953. She was born in London, and reigned long enough to see a foreign political movement take power in her capital. Khan isn't the problem with London, he's merely the symptom.

I get that Pakistani muslims have fought on the side of the British Empire. But it's different now. I tried to imagine a Christian being elected mayor of Riyadh or Karachi. Impossible. Or a gaijin becoming mayor of Tokyo. Or an Anglo in power in Beijing. Impossible to even imagine.

This is intensely personal for me. I've been to London, in mid June of 1984. It was cloudy all the time. I was a recent college graduate, and had no concept of the historical significance of the city. I did all the touristy stuff, like seeing the Crown Jewels, and Westminster Abbey.

I do remember feeling that the women of London were the most beautiful in the world. They were all slightly underweight and extremely pale. These people were all my kin, on my mother's side at least.

Now, a generation later, the message for Anglos is unmistakable. If there is someone brown who wants the same job as you, don't even bother applying.