Thanks to Brexit and the pandemic, 700,000 foreign-born residents may have left the city since 2019: almost one Londoner in 13. In March, the British architecture magazine Building Design asked: “Have we passed peak London?”One answer is yes – for now. It might be a better neighbour to other British cities, tempting away less of their talent. A less-dominant London might make England feel more united, and less like half a country with a huge city-state attached. But without such a city, England may not be a country that non-Tories can easily live in.

Source: The Guardian May 06, 2021 13:01 UTC