The City of London Corporation launches a festive anti-defecation campaign, City AM meets the King and BP does the hoedown throwdown; catch up on the latest City shenanigans in this week’s The Capitalist

CITY OF LONDON TAKES ON PARTY POOPERS

The City of London has long been campaigning to make itself a destination for leisure as well as finance, but there are signs that may have come at a cost. On a sunny stroll through the Square Mile this week, The Capitalist was taken aback by a rather unusual, albeit festive, City of London Corporation anti-defecation campaign on Cornhill. “Caught short outside this Christmas? £150 fine. Naughty list,” reads the billboard, helpfully illustrated with a (presumably AI-generated) Father Christmas squatting over his sack.

Turns out, fighting party poopers has been a prime concern for the Corporation this year. In a document published in October, the body said it was working on a “high-profile initiative” aimed at reducing public urination associated with the nighttime economy in the Square Mile, with 17 fixed penalty notices issued for the offence between September 2023 and August 2025.

Provisionally called “Go before you go”, the campaign focuses on “intervening at a critical moment by encouraging patrons to use the toilets in pubs and bars........

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