Zero trolling here. You wrote: <<representing nearly a billion people>> My rule of thumb is about 500M. (Google says 445M.) Where is the other 500M?
The main power lever the UK has at this point on the global stage is the fact that its banks orchestrate and facilitate global money laundering at the intersection of corporations, organized crime and autocratic regimes. And is rapidly losing that role to crypto.
More like under half billion (~447.0 million).
>The UK is basically Mexico now
Except it has a much bigger more advanced economy and a ton of other differences but carry on with the hyperbole.
> The Netherlands and Germany are filling that role ...
Just recently Royal Dutch Shell just switched headquarters to UK from NL, maybe there are some advantages then.
> Was doing it off the top of my head
Any more facts you want to come up with from the top of your head? I think I'll just disregard the rest of your facts then.
I expect they will try to extend their advantage in the coming years by using "selective legislation" to encourage multinational corporations to re-home to the UK. See: Unilever and Shell. This is only the beginning in my view.