Is the City of London Outside the UK? Finance and Voting Claims

Has the UK got a finance curse?

Is it a trick question? Because the UK doesn't have finance.

The City of London has, and is not part of the UK.

Good answer.

He, w-

Good answer. It's international, he's right.

The City of London is outside the United Kingdom.

Do you know that?

It's, it's really shocking.

And it, therefore, it's also not part of the EU,

which explains, uh, the...

Although it couldn't be part of the EU 'cause you have to have democratic

elections, and the City of London doesn't, right?

It's, it's the banks that have the votes, right?

Right.

Per staff, you know, they're all citizens.

I never knew that.

How do you, how do you start unpicking this puzzle?

I never knew that. It's a very useful piece of information.

And of course, it's not part of the-

It's a pretty dangerous piece of information.

And it's not part of the UK because the Queen is not allowed to enter without

permission. She's not the sovereign, therefore it's not part of the UK.

You know. Of course, that's since, you know, 1688.