England’s heartbreak was made worse in London for football fans who tried to find places to watch the Euros final against Spain, only to realise that outside screenings – traditional in the capital’s big parks – had been banned by Sadiq Khan. Mayoral miser Khan blocked the provision of outside viewing areas or big screens for fans in the capital. Londoners were lucky to find a spot in a packed pub – or they had to win a ballot for City Hall’s limited capacity screening of the match at the O2…
The Met slapped an antisocial dispersal order on central London – somewhat confusingly given street gatherings were banned by the Mayor. The force said in a statement:
“If you were thinking of travelling in, perhaps consider other options and remember to plan your journey home.”
Londoners are the cleverest people in the world, according to the Oxford Economics’ Global Cities Index. London is second to none in human capital in over 1,000 cities, proving yet again the UK’s global standing post-Brexit. Europhiles aren’t feeling so clever now that there’s not the brain drain that was predicted….
London’s unmatched talent pool keeps global giants flocking to London, rocketing the city to 7th place in the economics category – the only cities ahead all being in the US. Over all five categories measured, Economics, Human Capital, Quality of Life, Environment, and Governance, London came second place in the world, with New York topping the list. The report noted:
“Fears that Brexit would lead to a decline of the city as a global financial centre have not been realised. And we expect London to continue to attract migrants from all over the world to access its world-class institutions and range of job opportunities.”
London brains supreme…
Speaking at an IPPR think tank event in London, the Health Secretary compared striking junior doctors to mutinous sailors.
“I feel like we’ve turned the ship, the boat’s going in the right direction, except some of the crew are trying to row in one direction while the rest of us are going in the other. You can’t make progress that way. We are seeing an improving NHS, and we’ve seen improvement despite resident doctors’ strikes, but the fact is, performance would have been better and there would have been more money to invest in staff and services if the BMA hadn’t been undertaking the strike action.”