London independence: Difference between revisions

'''London independence''', sometimes shortened to '''Londependence''' and '''Londexit''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/eu-referendum/londependence/|title='Londependence' May Be a Dream, but More Autonomy for the City Is Not|date=28 June 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=2 March 2017|archive-date=21 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321084335/https://www.nytimes.com/live/eu-referendum/londependence/|url-status=live}}</ref> refers to a belief favouring full-fledged independence for [[Greater London|London]] as a [[city-state]] separate from the United Kingdom. The idea received particular attention after the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]], in which the country at large voted to leave the European Union, but 60% of Londoners voted to remain, though the concept of an independent London had been discussed sporadically for some years before.