On 13/08/2013 16:30, charles wrote:
In article ,
Nightjar wrote:
On 13/08/2013 15:00, John Williamson wrote:
Nightjar wrote:
On 13/08/2013 13:35, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
charles wrote:
Live outside London, drive to work.


Yes I think that describes a majority of the population.

No it isn't. Most of the UK doesn't commute into London.

and the majority of into-London commuters use the train, anyway.

Mr Firth, of course, is being his usual slippery self.

The snag with the figure you've given is you'd need to define London.
And
commuter.


One recent definition of London I have seen is anything south and east
of a line drawn from the Wash to the Severn Estuary.

So you'd include Bristol in London, then?

Blame the Great Western Railway for that.

One that I often use is "Inside the M25".

Valid for certain definitions of London. The one I quoted claimed that
anywhere in that area was sufficiently close to London in travel time to
be considered as part of its commuter belt.

I had a colleague who used to commute to London from Cardiff. But,
"anywhere in the area south of a line from the Wash to the Severn estuary"?
How about Penzance?

I would take south and east (not just south) of the line to exclude the
West Country.

Colin Bignell