[sillyfluke]

>Its all very London specific.

Your comment is a bit confusing. Did you mean everything except the part you quoted only applies to London? The part you quoted is about the UK not London and seems to contain all that is necessary for someone to understand why a person like Doctorow would have considered leaving at that point in time.

[graemep]

Good point. I have edited my comment to replace the "all".

You are right, its pretty much everything except what I quoted.