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Ten years after the Brexit vote, the City just shrugs and moves on
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Ten years after the Brexit vote, the City just shrugs and moves on

  • 6 June 2026

Ten years after the Brexit vote, the City just shrugs and moves on

The worst fears never quite materialised and the benefits could still grow — depending on how the EU behaves

David Wighton is a columnist at Financial News

During Richard Nixon’s trip to China in 1972, Henry Kissinger famously asked Zhou Enlai what he thought of the French Revolution. The Chinese premier misunderstood the question and replied it was “too soon to tell”. Some Brexit supporters in the City take the same view of the UK leaving the European Union. 

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