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In reply to the discussion: OMG, what terrible news to wake up to [View all]Denzil_DC
(7,288 posts)There is a social media thrust to declare some sort of independence within the EU for London at the moment. I can't take it too seriously (though I can sympathize with the sentiment), but city-states aren't a new development ...
London mayor Sadiq Khan and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon have been in communication since the result, and both put out very similarly worded messages reassuring EU citizens currently resident that they are valued and welcome, whcih I think did need saying and nobody from the government seems to have though about doing.
That's an interesting axis in the negotiations to come, and a somewhat ironic one, since we tend to blame the focus on an overheated London economy for contributing to deprivation in other areas of the UK, including Scotland.
Khan's very big business-friendly, which adds another somewhat awkward dimension, but I guess it's inevitable given where he's mayor of.