The City of London Is Hiding the World’s Stolen Money

Re:The City of London Is Hiding the World’s Stolen Money by Milner08 on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:49AM (#28828937)

The City has an MP and takes part in general elections. Its very much part of the UK and London. It just has some laws relaxed. I am not even sure that the whole 'the queen cant enter' thing is real. I have heard several times its just a custom they follow but not actually something they could enforce or do enforce at all.

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Re:The City of London Is Hiding the World’s Stolen Money by dijit on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:03AM (#28829106)

Entrance is not codified in law, mostly ceremony- but it may as well be law the way our monarchy is tied to traditions

There's a commons MP for the City of London _and_ Westminster (jointly) but that arrangement is... peculiar and not like other regions of the UK at all. She doesn't officially represent the CoL from their perspective.

There _is_ a member of the House of Lords who is directly posted by CoL and his job is to prevent the erosion of rights that City of Londoners enjoy.

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Re:The City of London Is Hiding the World’s Stolen Money by w14 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @03:30AM (#28837032)

The City also has a 'remembrancer' [0], effecively a lobbyist who represents the City's interests to Parliament.

[0] https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-us/about-the-city-of-l...

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