Why “London” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
The argument is overstated and the metaphor includes the proof (of the pudding) where do they think the curry comb, the horse clippers, the blanket and the vets drugs come from?…
by ggm · Sep 6, 2026
Of course they are, The Economist is to the City of London (the unaccountable pseudo-local authority that is effectively a lobbying group for banks) what Pravda was to the Sovie…
by fmajid · Sep 6, 2026
Yes, although I wouldn’t blame the US solely, London also carries a fair amount of responsibility for it. Perhaps not as much as the US, but Thatcherism was certainly the Trojan…
by iamnothere · Sep 5, 2026
> Bombing a girl's school in Iran looks like a PR master stroke by comparison. Iran killed more than 30,000 of its own people for peacefully protesting and continues to hang its…
by ericmay · Sep 5, 2026
> dramatic scenario wouldn’t result in the US compelling the UK to also seize those assets? The US can demand that we seize other people's gold, but if we acceded then it's game…
by tialaramex · Sep 5, 2026
The city of London literally has a city also named London inside it and yeah, "Where are you going?" "The City" means clearly that tiny part. There is another small older city i…
by tialaramex · Sep 5, 2026
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London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.14 million people in 2025. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.4 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the site of the national government and parliament for centuries. London grew rapidly in the 19th century, becoming the world's largest city at the time. Since the 19th century the name "London" has referred to the metropolis around the City of London, historically split among the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent and Hertfordshire. Since 1965 it has largely comprised the administrative area of Greater London, governed by 33 local authorities and the Greater London Authority. Read more on Wikipedia