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Because London isn't a sovereign nation.
by robotresearcher 10y ago
Because London isn't a sovereign nation.
- lmm 10y agoNor is Scotland or Northern Ireland, but they're talking about independence.
- robotresearcher 10y agoThese are completely different cases. Scotland has been its own traditional country for a very long time, and the union with England was formed when the King of Scotland became also King of England and not the other way around. Northern Ireland is the vestige of a brutal occupation of Ireland by England. The Catholic population traditionally loyal to Ireland now outnumbers the UK-supporting Protestants. London has never been a country. This is obviously a protest demonstration and not a serious proposition.
- deadfish 10y agoNot strictly true. The 'City of London' (not to be confused with London) is and has always been its own country. Whilst the argument is for all of London to be independent. It would surely be possible for the 'City of London' to remain in the EU. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London
- robotresearcher 10y agoThe City of London, as shown in that link, is a city and COUNTY in England, and not a country. That 'r' makes a difference.
- Anderkent 10y agoThus the sentiment of seceding; if the desires of people in London are so different to rural UK, why force them to follow the same policy? Obviously this isn't going to happen, there's no reasonable mechanism by which London could gain independence. But if there was, I'm pretty sure London would go for it
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Because London isn't a sovereign nation. What is or is not a sovereign nation is not an immutable fact of nature, and the Brexit vote may change that. Though Scotland is more likely than London to get away.