tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post4701914428592329042..comments2023-10-07T12:15:50.446+01:00Comments on The Centre Left: The left's tale of two citiesRob Marchanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11534810369839848312noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-22433279699206817702012-05-29T21:44:07.585+01:002012-05-29T21:44:07.585+01:00May fizzled out and my trip to the Turkish border ...May fizzled out and my trip to the Turkish border is on hold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-38425591291297559542012-05-14T09:36:32.142+01:002012-05-14T09:36:32.142+01:00Peter Barnard has already made a similar point at ...Peter Barnard has already made a similar point at LabourList (and I suspect that the linked piece at LibCon is his, too). I was referring to the City *and dependent businesses* (accounting, law, recruitment, property etc) which depend upon the City for their livelihoods. If you removed these, it would certainly constitute a lot more than 4% impact to the UK economy.<br /><br />Anyway, whatever we might quibble about definitions, the key point is that the impact of an FTT is hugely greater for the UK than it is for France - do you agree with that?Rob Marchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534810369839848312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-84580717850570487412012-05-13T12:02:47.785+01:002012-05-13T12:02:47.785+01:00"where one-fifth of GDP derives from the City..."where one-fifth of GDP derives from the City,"<br /><br />One fifth of one fifth I think you'll find. About 4% of GDP is The City.<br /><br />Total financial sector (ie, car insurance etc) is more than that but that's not "the City".Tim Worstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-71400552061917509482012-05-10T13:14:16.691+01:002012-05-10T13:14:16.691+01:00Hmm. We'll see about that.Hmm. We'll see about that.Rob Marchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534810369839848312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7741861999194728080.post-7295527219631022492012-05-09T15:25:21.455+01:002012-05-09T15:25:21.455+01:00The new dawn is far more likely to be us of the fa...The new dawn is far more likely to be us of the far left. Action planned in UK before end of May.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com