Cab Driver Survey

                   I have been in London surveying cab driver opinion.



   The traditional black cab drivers were easy to poll--they spoke English,like as what I did when I grew up.They feigned little interest in discussing British exit from the EU---"nothing much will change guvnor,and anyway Europe's falling apart with or without us".Pretty reasonable summary.
                                   
                       But there was no shortage of spontaneous views on The Donald.All negative- "you Yanks have gone bonkers"  "Nasty bugger--but cracking Mrs---we thought all the East Europeans Girls were in London waiting table, cleaning houses  and doing massages". These are genuine quotes.


The mini cab drivers were more circumspect. All spoke understandable English mostly with Slavic accents.Concerned about immigration and London house prices.It seems they think that drawbridge should be up now that they are on the inside and kosher.Most seem to have been in UK a long time and had the concerns and views one might expect from aspiring ,hard working family men making a life for their family.

The Uber drivers were very difficult to engage,Just arrived ,little English,no idea about London geography and totally focused on their Sat Navs . A lifeline --literally and metaphorically.Legal residents? Maybe Uber is manning the borders for that nice Mr.Cameron.

Anyway a blog is in the works on the nexus of immigration, London's population explosion,collapse in the building of social housing, soaring rents ,stratospheric house prices beyond the dream of  local working families and new apartment blocks sold off plan in Hong Kong,Taiwan, Lagos and China  [common denominator? none in the EU] .


 Anyway there was a general concensus that Tottenham deserved to win the premiership.I do not believe that this view was influenced by interviewer bias.

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