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Allegedly the capital of the UK and England. Also known as ' | Allegedly the capital of the UK and England. Also known as ' | ||
- | London has a population of around 12-15 million, depending on where you draw the borders, and is home to numerous AH.commers, including [[Wozza]], [[Ljofa]], [[Ramp-Rat]] | + | London has a population of around 12-15 million, depending on where you draw the borders, and is home to numerous AH.commers, including [[Wozza]], [[Ljofa]], [[Ramp-Rat]], (Wales-born) [[Kit]], [[British Republic]] and LSE-undergraduate [[Lord Roem]]. It is stereotyped as being populated entirely by a combination of American tourists and illegal immigrants, this having displaced the older Dick Van Dyke cheery-cheeky-cockney image (except in America, where the image of London is still by and large a hodge-podge of My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, and Oliver Twist). The only exception is the taxi drivers, who are all members of the BNP. |
[[Thande]] is known for pursuing a vendetta against London, claiming that the UK government and the BBC are obsessed with it and couldn' | [[Thande]] is known for pursuing a vendetta against London, claiming that the UK government and the BBC are obsessed with it and couldn' | ||
- | London is of course a common setting for AHs, such as Harry Turtledove' | + | Chief among those, possibly, is [[Wanderlust]], |
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+ | [[TheDarkServant]] straddles the boundary between [[Kent]] and [[London]], and depending how his feeling can claim he comes from either one. | ||
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+ | London is of course a common setting for AHs, such as Harry Turtledove' | ||
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+ | Since May 2008, London has come under the benevolent rule of Mayor Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, great-grandson of the last minister of the [[alternate history: | ||
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