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Colin Rosenstiel · May 28th 08, 01:52 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message , at 07:37:40 on
Wed, 28 May 2008, Martin Edwards remarked:
I still think it's difficult to argue that 35 miles
away in Bedfordshire is London, while 41 miles away in Essex
isn't...

None of it is London, precisely the point I am making. As a native of

Watford, on the very rim of Greater London, I have an axe to grind.

But you can't get away from the fact that Stansted is London's
official "Third Airport". The discussion about Luton's distance
merely shows that as it's closer to London than Stansted, it also
deserves a "London" name.

They are "Airports for London", not "Airports in London".

Stansted is only London's third airport because it is owned by BAA, like
the so-called first and second airports. BAA is a quasi-monopoly provider,
whereas Luton is or was owned by its local authority.

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Colin Rosenstiel