At first, I couldn’t believe it, but Cory Doctorow did write that terrible blog post. (Un)Surprisingly, everything turned out quite differently than expected. London outshines LA in many ways, except for the weather.
I would guess he might have misunderstanding the politics - you can get an exaggerated sense of how much difference a Conservative rather than Labour government makes from the media. Maybe also taking a short term view - the prime minister changed the following year, and Labour won last year's election.
The odd thing is that he became a British citizen when the UK had a Conservative government and lived in London for another five years before deciding to move.
I even agree with some of his criticisms of London and how it has developed, but a lot of his reasoning just does not make sense to me
I would guess he might have misunderstanding the politics - you can get an exaggerated sense of how much difference a Conservative rather than Labour government makes from the media. Maybe also taking a short term view - the prime minister changed the following year, and Labour won last year's election.
The odd thing is that he became a British citizen when the UK had a Conservative government and lived in London for another five years before deciding to move.
I even agree with some of his criticisms of London and how it has developed, but a lot of his reasoning just does not make sense to me