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If the passporting isn't carried on in whatever new deal is agreed, a large number of the banks, etc will be off. There just isn't a reason for them to have their offices here if they can't carry out the work.
The trouble is that it's a difficult sell. There's still a lot of anti-banker sentiment and if they become a casualty of Brexit then a lot of people won't care. It's not as emotive an issue as steel workers or the like.
Obviously there's little thought for the drop in tax revenues and all the other jobs that rely on the banks; the cleaners, sandwich shops, dry cleaners, restaurants, etc