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As capital dries up and unicorns flee, the UK must act now or accept its fate as an incubator economy, writes Alastair King.

The United Kingdom capital is poised to bid again after hosting the Summer Games in 1908, 1948 and, most recently, in 2012. Now London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to go after the 2040 Summer Games.