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Independence for London?
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A++ to third world in a generation
So London becomes independent, that would mean that:
- Westminster would relocate to Manchester/Birmingham (somewhere more central in the UK certainly)
- many of the support/parasitical/lobbying concerns would follow the government
- all national bodies and institutions:- BoE, MOD, museums, BBC, CAA, The Monarchy PLC etc would have to relocate outside Londinium's borders
- as Londinium will have seceded from the UK it would have to leave the EU removing it's advantages as a global finance centre
- when new reservoir is established in Oxfordshire and the Thames rerouted the former river bed reverts to an open sewer
- in an ironic twist of fate a new hub airport is built on reclaimed land in the former Thames estuary with the biggest tidal barrage in the world across the mouth
All in all an excellent idea
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