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Sadiq Khan's £4.6m for Notting Hill Carnival 'could have kept police stations open'
(www.standard.co.uk)
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Spend the money on the public, says I - economic disparity is the root of violent crime anyway, and cops can't fix that.
Says right in the article - ... contributes almost £400 million to the economy by attracting about a million people each year.
Want to bet this headline would be different if it wasn't a Caribbean based tradition or was anything to do with the royal family (how much does the kings birthday cost for instance?)