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Re:It’s not that London is too big, but that other large UK ... by westiseast on Saturday September 02, 2017 @09:53AM (#15155958)
I think similar arguments have been made about the top 1 or 10% of earners - that there shouldn't be any effort towards curbing their economic activity because they are net contributors whereas low-earners are not net contributors.

I think arguments like that ignore the interconnectivity of complex national systems (e.g.) a London business whose customers and suppliers are based around the country.

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Re:It’s not that London is too big, but that other large UK ... by isostatic on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @07:48AM (#15174246)
> I think arguments like that ignore the interconnectivity of complex national systems (e.g.) a London business whose customers and suppliers are based around the country.

And indeed employees. I'm based in Cheshire (home worker), we have offices in most cities and large towns across the country (and indeed globally). How much of my income tax is counted towards 'rural northwest' and how much to 'London' where the HQ is. How much of the profit I generate gets allocated to London.

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