Publisher synopsis

Love it, or hate it, London dominates the UK politically, economically, and culturally. For at least 200 years, critics have accused the city of sucking the lifeblood from the nation, growing in strength and wealth at the cost of other regions. So why hasn’t anything changed?

Jack Brown untangles the complex strands of anti-London rhetoric and feeling, separating hyperbole and emotion from fact and examining why successive governments have failed to redress the balance. The result is a passionate but fair analysis of a centuries-old struggle, and a vision of a future in which nation loves capital once more.