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Can't recommend this enough. It captures how truly historically unique this place is.
I watched the Video but besides the "king entering the city ceremony" it didn't show what it makes it unique compared to other city states around the world.
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It's not that different. There are 43 police forces in the country, with different specialities, and the City of London force leads (not very well) on financial crime. Businesses do have a vote in local elections, but that was standard across the UK until the Representation of the People Act 1969. The Corporation of London is basically just a local council like any other, albeit with a load of money and a load of mea…
Residents do not have a vote in local elections, is the part you're missing.
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Can't recommend this enough. It captures how truly historically unique this place is.
I watched the Video but besides the "king entering the city ceremony" it didn't show what it makes it unique compared to other city states around the world.
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I used to work in The City, for a time I considered to rent from there at a walking distance from work. It's truly unique place and I love it but one day I stayed at work till late and noticed that the place turned into a ghost town once the salarymen went home. Then went a few times cycling there in the weekend and I was astonished how empty it was. I actually enjoy solitude but the area is very business oriented an…
I think the tourists instinctively feel that this place is not a place of honor. "The City of London is the only part of Britain over which parliament has no authority." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/31/corpor... https://www.economist.com/britain/2001/08/02/the-mayors-new-... https://www.ft.com/content/41dba03e-5d29-11e5-9846-de406ccb3...
(if you want accuracy stay away from George Monbiot articles)
For those that don’t know, the City of London is the ancient Roman core of Metropolitan London. It has its own separate police force, distinct from the Metropolitan Police that looks after the rest of London. The City is also governed differently to the rest of England. I’m guessing this document is probably part of the reason why. It’s the only place in the UK that’s not run on the basis of 1 person 1 vote. Instead…
For those that don't know, "William the Conqueror" is also known as "William the Bastard". This was not the name used by my school teachers and I just wonder how different history lessons would have been had this name been used. The Normans were Vikings that 'co-opted' the women in Normandy to become 'Normans'. Not the first empire to expand with rape and pillage, but it is interesting how British history accommodate…
https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/335133-the-norman-conquest-106...
For those that don’t know, the City of London is the ancient Roman core of Metropolitan London. It has its own separate police force, distinct from the Metropolitan Police that looks after the rest of London. The City is also governed differently to the rest of England. I’m guessing this document is probably part of the reason why. It’s the only place in the UK that’s not run on the basis of 1 person 1 vote. Instead…
I used to work in The City, for a time I considered to rent from there at a walking distance from work. It's truly unique place and I love it but one day I stayed at work till late and noticed that the place turned into a ghost town once the salarymen went home. Then went a few times cycling there in the weekend and I was astonished how empty it was. I actually enjoy solitude but the area is very business oriented an…
For those that don’t know, the City of London is the ancient Roman core of Metropolitan London. It has its own separate police force, distinct from the Metropolitan Police that looks after the rest of London. The City is also governed differently to the rest of England. I’m guessing this document is probably part of the reason why. It’s the only place in the UK that’s not run on the basis of 1 person 1 vote. Instead…
I used to work in The City, for a time I considered to rent from there at a walking distance from work. It's truly unique place and I love it but one day I stayed at work till late and noticed that the place turned into a ghost town once the salarymen went home. Then went a few times cycling there in the weekend and I was astonished how empty it was. I actually enjoy solitude but the area is very business oriented an…
There was one bonus - there is a shopping mall with lots of stores which stays open during the weekend, and is really quiet - I used to go there for last minute Christmas shopping at the weekend. When the rest of the country's shops would be packed, this entire mall was still very quiet, and open! I think it was near Cannon Street (One New Change, maybe?)
For those that don’t know, the City of London is the ancient Roman core of Metropolitan London. It has its own separate police force, distinct from the Metropolitan Police that looks after the rest of London. The City is also governed differently to the rest of England. I’m guessing this document is probably part of the reason why. It’s the only place in the UK that’s not run on the basis of 1 person 1 vote. Instead…
For those that don’t know, the City of London is the ancient Roman core of Metropolitan London. It has its own separate police force, distinct from the Metropolitan Police that looks after the rest of London. The City is also governed differently to the rest of England. I’m guessing this document is probably part of the reason why. It’s the only place in the UK that’s not run on the basis of 1 person 1 vote. Instead…
You forgot to mention the most important part - all the ancient laws that legalize tax evasion and money laundering.
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You forgot to mention the most important part - all the ancient laws that legalize tax evasion and money laundering.
Those don't exist. What's the point in just making things up?
There is some basis if you squint at it from an angle and try to believe enough!
I liken it to a kind of flat earth theory. To most people the earth appears flat to them, just as corporations appear impersonal and corrupt.