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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Polly Toynbee

Could central London, headquarters of God and mammon, really be turning red?

The financial district in the City of London showing double decker buses in front of the Bank of England, and the Shard in the background
The financial district in the City of London, traditionally a Conservative stronghold where professionals are now increasingly turning to Labour. Photograph: Alexander Spatari/Getty Images

A red glow spreading across the land may be so bright you could see it from space, if polling predictions are right. In that Labour flare, let’s pinpoint one astonishing constituency the party looks likely to win for the first time in history. Conservative for ever, the City itself, part of the Cities of London and Westminster constituency, would be turning red. Look at the symbolism.

The king in Buckingham Palace would have a Labour MP for the first time. So would the Palace of Westminster, the supreme court, the Old Bailey, Scotland Yard, Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, Catholic Westminster Cathedral and Methodist Central Hall.

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