EXTRACT ...The
City's story is an extraordinary one of
SURVIVAL
and yes, prosperous growth in the face of
continual threats to its physical and commercial existence. Whatever
has been thrown at it, the City has simply become more and
more important to our
NATIONAL WEALTH
Yet this week, a growing number of
CITY
BIGWIGS
-in a campaign orchestrated by
No 10
have issued apocalyptic warnings about the dire
consequences of
BRITAIN LEAVING THE EU
As a financial journalist who has chronicled the
ups and downs of the
SQUARE MILE
for more than 40 years
I ADMIT THAT I HAVE BEEN BROADLY BEEN
A SUPPORTER OF THE EUROPEAN
PROJECT
-largely because it has kept the
PEACE
after the
HORROR of
TWO WORLD WARS
[Respectfully! - we note
that
many observers are of
the OPINION that it was NATO and NOT the EU that kept the PEACE . If anything GERMANY had a great deal to do with unsettling
the future territory of the EU by its POLICY of ENLARGEMENT!
Nevertheless, we are greatly pleased that such an important member
of CITY AFFAIRS is now in the
OUT OF THE EU CAMP,]
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