London Defined Boris Johnson. Then Brexit Changed the Metrics
There’s growing concern among business leaders that the prime minister is neglecting the capital just when the economy needs it most.
Boris Johnson during a general election campaign visit to Washington, in the North of England, U.K., in 2019.
Photographer: Ben Stansall/WPA Pool/Getty Images
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After winning a second term as London’s mayor in May 2012, an ebullient Boris Johnson promised to devote his time “fighting for a good deal” for the U.K. capital.
Yet less than a decade later the city that made the British prime minister’s political career risks becoming an economic casualty of his premiership.