It seems like there were those in the city who were of the illusion that they could either have their cake and eat it too (maintain “passporting” rights to do EU financial business as if they were still in the EU) or possibly to have a Brexit in name only, to appease leave voters but keep everything the same, really. They are coming to the realization that neither of those is going to happen because the rest of the EU won’t agree to those situations…
