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Jam, cheese and tweed... Oops, no... That's Scottish...
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isn't financial services the main thing that we do that other people want?
"The financial services industry of the United Kingdom ... employed around 1.2 million people in the third quarter of 2012 (around 4% of the British workforce).
The estimated amount of total taxes paid by the Financial Services Sector in the year to 31 March 2012 is £63bn, 11.6% of the total UK government tax receipts."
You'd think employing 1.2m (more than the NHS employs) and accounting for +10% of tax receipts would be something the government want. But no, not in this age.
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This seems ludicrous:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-03/may-said-to-downgrade-city-in-brexit-shock-for-financial-sector
I work in the City (programmer, not fat cat) so maybe I'm more worried than I should be, but isn't financial services the main thing that we do that other people want?
I'm not sure what's happening - they're not too worried about car manufacturers leaving, not about services leaving... Who are they going to protect?