OPINION - Forget Havering quitting London, this is why we should kick out Clapham, Merton and Camden first

Gidea Park, Havering, East London - (Jane Keane)

In a landmark moment in London's history, a local MP is campaigning to annex his borough from the wider London Pangaea and float off into the home counties.

Andrew Rosindell, the Conservative MP for Romford, is campaigning for the London borough of Havering (inclusive of Romford, Upminster and Collier Row) to leave the capital and return to its former district of Essex.