Finance & Fury Podcast

Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition Today we will talk about democracy never really existing in The City of London We are continuing on with the series of Brexit – nothing really new to report as the vote has been pushed back until October The first episode was on the neo-cons The second episode was on Brexit Today will be a combination of those 2 episodes – subverting democracy and economies The City of London: Government is The City of London Corporation It is not the greater London region, it is the major financial services district of the UK It is technically not a part of England The city has it’s own police force They have their own power grid   The History of The City of London It dates back to the Romans They have operated in the same manner since Medieval times – enshrined the Magna Carta’s clause 9 – 1215 The companies get votes here – an example of a plutocracy There are 4 layers of elected representatives What are the livery companies? Who is the remembrancer? This has mad