"Nick" wrote in message ...

I didn't claim otherewise. My point was that it was a "reluctanct"
London
borough judging by the councillors I've spoken to. Note that Bexley dropped
the "London Borough" part of its name for most purposes some years ago, and
now goes under the alias of Bexley Council.

It's still formally known as the London Borough of Bexley though.

And damned right too - if it walks like a dog, wags its tail and barks
like a dog, then it's probably a dog, and Welling, Bexleyheath,
Thamesmead, Belvedere, Sidcup, Erith and the rest are all identikit
parts of London suburbia - where's the villages, towns and greenery
that you'd associate with Kent? No, it's houses, houses, houses,
shops, traffic jams and red buses - blow me, it's London!

(the same for much of Bromley borough too - though why Downe, Biggin
Hill and Keston are in there beats me...)

Of course, if you really want to be in Kent, then we'll stop
subsidising your public transport, police and fire services, plus all
the other useful things you get from being part of the capital city.
When you end up a horrible, backward place like Gravesend, please send
us a postcard.

Darryl