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by fredley 3360 days ago
I suspect I'm feeding a troll by replying, but what the heck. Switzerland, Norway and Iceland are countries. London is a city. It is a truly global city, unlike Zurich, Oslo or Reykjavick.

London is currently one of the top few cities in the World in terms of wealth, culture, diversity and other measures. If it 'falls', it will probably still outrank the vast majority of the World's cities still, but lose its status as one of the jewels in the crown.

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'culture', 'diversity', what does this actually mean? As if London is going to become some kind of backwater! The tourists will still come. The migrants will still come. There are millions of migrants in London that will stay after Brexit.

And if there are fewer property speculators and the housing market cools off a bit, bloody good thing too.