Bev Turner has issued a damning verdict on Sir Sadiq Khan’s London after the US President told the UN General Assembly that Britain’s capital city wants “to go to Sharia Law”.

Mr Trump slammed the London mayor in his speech in New York, saying: “I look at London, where you have a terrible mayor, terrible, terrible mayor, and it’s been changed, it’s been so changed.

“Now they want to go to Sharia Law. But you are in a different country, you can’t do that.”

On the second night of GB News’ flagship US programme, The Late Show Live, Bev warned that Britain’s capital was in a “diabolical state”.

And speaking about Mr Trump’s latest critique of the London mayor, the Late Show Live host said: “I never tire of him saying mean things about Sadiq Khan.

“As someone who lives in London, believe me: It is in a diabolical state”.

After being asked his views on the nature of the President’s comments, Democrat strategist Malbert Smith said: “I think it’s a little hyperbolic, but it’s not surprising that’s the kind of language he’d used.

While political commentator Stephen Kent said: “He’s pointing to a reality.

“GB News has covered this out of Dearborn, Michigan, which is that immigration changes entire communities. It changes entire countries.

“I don’t think the UK is going to implement Sharia Law, but the point generally stands that you bring in people who have certain value systems.

“If we were to just accept British folks and just a ton of Brits into the United States, we would have a culture that steers away from unfettered free speech and the Second Amendment.”

In response to the President’s comments at the UN, a spokesman for the Mayor of London said: “We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.

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“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”

Mr Trump’s latest remarks added fuel to the long-standing feud between the pair.

Bad blood started to emerge as early as 2015 when Sir Sadiq spoke of his desire to see the President lose his first bid for the White House after Mr Trump pledged to introduce a travel ban for various Muslim-majority countries.

During his first State Visit to Britain in 2018, the London mayor gave the green light for demonstrations across the city against the President, which featured a giant blimp depicting Mr Trump as a baby.

One year later, Sir Sadiq accused the President of attempting to influence the outcome of the General Election by backing Boris Johnson, to which he hit back by calling the mayor “a stone cold loser” and “very dumb”.

During last week’s historic second State Visit, Mr Trump made no secret of how he was still annoyed at the Labour mayor.

He told GB News on Air Force One that he “asked that he not be there” at the state banquet at Windsor Castle, before adding he is “among the worst mayors in the world”.

City Hall said Sir Sadiq did not “expect or seek” an invitation to the event after the comments were made.

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