Trains, Banks and Public/Private Ownership - Prev.Predict UK Gen.Election Result

[Admiral Yi]

As someone mentioned earlier, London consists of bankers, and people selling things to bankers.  Obviously an overstatement, but probably not much of one.

Finance, at least based on current geographical concentration, appears to benefit from network effects, as do tech and entertainment.  That's the reason for their concentration in London, not Evol Margaret Thatcher pushing the finance concentration slider to 11 or companies deciding where to locate their staff being stupid.

[Tamas]

As someone mentioned earlier, London consists of bankers, and people selling things to bankers.  Obviously an overstatement, but probably not much of one.

Finance, at least based on current geographical concentration, appears to benefit from network effects, as do tech and entertainment.  That's the reason for their concentration in London, not Evol Margaret Thatcher pushing the finance concentration slider to 11 or companies deciding where to locate their staff being stupid.

If only the coal mines were still open... there would be a buzzing financial centre in Newcastle.

[Josquius]

As someone mentioned earlier, London consists of bankers, and people selling things to bankers.  Obviously an overstatement, but probably not much of one.

Finance, at least based on current geographical concentration, appears to benefit from network effects, as do tech and entertainment.  That's the reason for their concentration in London, not Evol Margaret Thatcher pushing the finance concentration slider to 11 or companies deciding where to locate their staff being stupid.

Frankfurt doesn't dominate Germany.
Zurich doesn't rule Switzerland.

[Tamas]

Says you.

[Tamas]

Besides, that was kinda' my earlier point: maybe London dominates so much not because the rest of the UK is below what can be reasonably expected of the country, but London is far above.

[Josquius]

Besides, that was kinda' my earlier point: maybe London dominates so much not because the rest of the UK is below what can be reasonably expected of the country, but London is far above.

It's both.
I've posted the map of regional wealth before.
London is the richest region in Europe whilst some other places are more on a par with rural eastern Europe.
That's what makes government policy all the worse.