Col wrote:

Now you can dismiss this as the ranting of a bitter Northerner if you
wish, but hear me out...

I am getting increasingly irritated by the media's response that
yesterday's snow was the 'Worst in the UK for almost 20 years'.
Actually it wasn't.
It was the worst in London and selected areas of the SE, mainly to
the south of London and especially the North Downs.
So only a tiny part of the country had it's 'Worst for almost 20 years'.

I'm not complaining about the amount of media coverage given to this
event, clearly this area has millions of people and the disruption caused
was very severe.

What annoys is the casual assumption that because *London* was
involved,
the rest of the UK somehow had to be affected in the same manner.

My sentiments exactly Col. Unfortunately this is the way the UK works.
Just listen to a weather forecast on something like Absolute radio ex.
Virgin: it's pathetic. I'm tempted to do one of thse distorted maps
reflecting people's interest ... the SE would be the size of France