Possible Clues:

• In an abnormal position
• City subject's in a strange position
• Very busy Cockney without work is in the wrong place
• Abnormally positioned subject of the City?
• In an unusual situation, City dwells on the subject
• Like a displaced pregnancy, something talked about in the City
• Ecuador subject not in the right position
• EU institution's subject of conversation in tube, perhaps?
• Of a pregnancy, in an abnormal position
• Civil Engineer sent back text in the wrong place