The Mayor of London Boris Johnson warned the bankers to stay in the City of London, warning that the temptation to move to Switzerland to them face unexpected risks, officials said. “I am told that there are some parts of the canton of Bern, where men are not allowed to urinate made after 10 o’clock at night so as not to disturb their neighbors,” Johnson told a reception organized by the Japanese investment bank Nomura in the ski resort of Davos, which is currently being held traditional World Economic Forum. His comments in the room full of bankers, were made on the news that some hedge funds and investment bankers leave London and move to Switzerland to avoid the EU regulations or imposed in the UK tax revenue over a specified amount and on bonuses. “Time is the master of the universe to show that they can be both servants of society,” said Johnson, a former journalist and a frequent guest on satirical TV shows.
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