I think that really depends on your field. There's certainly loads more work available for me in London, and the pay outside of London for similar roles with similar hours is around 20% less.

Similar properties in Stamford (only place I know well enough to compare to) are not cheaper enough to impact my mortgage and travel options are more restricted there.

No idea - just thought I'd share what I personally see. I've never seen an accurate stat from a reseller, so I pay no attention to them other than to compare different engine options within the same model of vehicle from the same manufacturer.

And a gun.

And a house. With cable!

> I'm always amazed at people in the US who are happy to spend more than the equivalent of one working day a week just getting to and from work.

A significant number of people in London do that and more. The average commute for the people in my office is 45 minutes unless there are delays. At least twice a week, someone has a delay extend their journey.

I get between 11.5 km/l and 13.1 km/l depending on what kind of driving I'm doing on that tank. This is on a 3 year old Mazda 3. My previous Mazda 3 gave similar consumption figures.

My Honda CB500F gets between 22km/l and 24km/l depending on the type of travel.

You run bytemark ? I keep meaning to give you some money. You guys seem to provide a good product at reasonable prices with good support - I hope you continue for a long time to come!

I'm not sure about the planes you fly on, but many of the airlines I use (and have to due to lack of alternatives) have quite strict carry-on limits.

Virgin for example has a 6KG weighed limit - that's not a lot once you properly pad / protect things. And there are size limits too.

Could you please provide a list of FTTC ISPs that aren't being forced to implement the filter. Thanks.

What the hell would the "When-we's" care about Mandella's death? Call me when Mugabe carks it.

Dreamliner ? You mean phoenix surely? That damn thing is always rising from the flames.

I'd kill for an airline to nickname their fleet Firebird 1 - Firebird X for each dreamliner :)

> But you are required to bring the voting card you received in the post, which is only sent to those on the electoral roll.

No you're not. I never take mine anymore and I've never had an issue voting.

> they can definitely rent a two-room flat alone and afford normal food just like everyone else.

Maybe where you are, but not where I am. Many people I know in full time employment cannot afford to rent a 2 bed flat. And that's regardless of where they're from.

Most of the tradesmen I work with these days are EU migrants come to London. Some of them are quite successful and have good lives, but many others really work hard to get by and do not have what I'd consider to be a life worth living. But they acknowledge that they're just doing it for half a decade or so and then plan to move home. Plans range from outright retirement, to starting a family and a business with the seed money from here.

That's a race to the bottom though. Because they are happy to live 6 to a 2-bed house and do nothing but work for 5 years means that we all should. No family for you - the Romanians don't have one until they go back to Romania. No sports for you - the Polish don't need them, so why should you? No discretionary spending for you - the Lithuanians just save.

So now the whole country is living like that, then what happens? Well, no discretionary spending because you can't afford it means many business close. And those staff are now competing for your jobs at an even lower rate, but they're happy to live with 8 people in a 2-bed house. And so the race continues...

Phone tech support is also incredibly easy to offshore and so not a great position from which to build a family/

Do you truly consider yourself representative of most users of wireless devices? Do you even believe that you're truly representative of most moderately technical users ?