London, like New York, Hong Kong, Paris and San Francisco was once a city for the young. You would arrive from the rest of the UK, as I did, or from the rest of the world, as so many migrants have done, and put up with extortionate rents and congested commutes because London was where the jobs were. There were other attractions, of course: arts, night life, restaurants, and vast numbers of other young people – some of whom might even be persuaded to like you. But the jobs led the way. Like so many great cities London was a concertina. Work would suck in the young. They would find love, hook up, have kids and move out into cheaper homes with extra bedrooms in the commuter belt. But now the music has stopped and London is enduring extraordinary rates of youth unemployment, which will only get higher as AI reorganises the world. At the moment, our politicians cannot cope. Look at the two front runners for the next US presidential race in 2028. Gavin Newsom, the Governor of Cal...
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