The shadow justice secretary, Robert Jenrick, shared footage of himself approaching three men at Stratford station in an attempt to show the extent of lawbreaking in the capital.
In the video, he challenged people walking through the barriers without paying at Stratford station in Newham, east London.
He can be heard asking one of them if they have a knife on them – as he questions why they think it is alright not to pay.
Mr Jenrick said: ‘Do you want to go back and pay like everybody else?’ He then said: ‘But everyone else has to pay.’
One of the alleged fare dodgers, told him to ‘f*** off’.
Jenrick then replies: ‘You can say f*** off as much as you want.’
Towards the end of the clip, Mr Jenrick can be heard asking one of the men: ‘You what, you’re carrying a knife, did you say?’
As well as fare dodging, the Tory politician also vowed to go after ‘weird Turkish barber shops’, as well as bike theft, shoplifting and drug use in town centres.
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Robert Jenrick shared a video and wrote: “Sadiq Khan is driving a proud city into the ground. Lawbreaking is out of control. He’s not acting. So, I did.”
In response, The Secret Barrister wrote: “This is the most spectacularly Alan Partridge thing that has ever happened, and I include Alan Partridge.”
Then added: “Honest Bob Jenrick isn’t even a London MP. His constituency is in Nottinghamshire. Just marvellous work.”
And finally this: ““THIS IS A BRILLIANT THING TO DO JENRICK IS OUR SAVIOUR WHY DO YOU SUPPORT CRIME” scream the blue ticks in the replies. Lovely stuff.
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