[tonycavanagh]

re :I couldn't agree more that it's a shell of it's former self. I don't want to return.

As a Londoner i have to say that is complete and utter bollox, London is a lot smarter and richer now, The whole of the Thames are for a start.

[Uncledave]

By saying "shell" I'm certainly hyperbolizing. But I have to say the city felt quite different to me in ways I didn't like. Friends of mine who live there tell me the same thing - many wanting to leave. They talk to me of immigration woes, increased drug use (in public view, that is), more aggressive youth, apathy of various public services, political correctness gone awry (eg Livingston's lily-livered comments after the subway bombing)

I do have a fond place in my heart for the Brits and England. Marvelous people and country. I've even kept up my overseas Viz subscription!

[ccmay]

As a Londoner i have to say that is complete and utter bollox, London is a lot smarter and richer now, The whole of the Thames are for a start.

I have to agree. What has happened to the Docks is nothing short of amazing.

You can't deny, however, that crime is on the increase. And would be more so, if the statistics weren't crook. I have a friend who used to be a copper out in Buckinghamshire, and according to thim they are routinely cooking the books to make their statistics more palatable to the public.

-ccm