One of my exs was very nearly killed when the IRA detonated a bomb in London Bridge station. Her train had literally just pulled out a minute before when the bomb went off!<br/><br/>By the way, do NOT get me started on the subject of rogue states that support terrorist organisations. Everyone in the UK who was growing up in the 1970s knows which is the biggest rogue state (by that definition) in the world!<br/><br/>So, yeah, the London Underground is pretty good, and reasonably priced. It's interesting to note that the map of the LU is one of the earliest examples of a topographic map, the idea has been copied by mass transit systems the world over, and the map itself has become iconic.<br/><br/>(http://www.joesmalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/central-london-underground-map-528x258.jpg)<br/><br/>But yes, you do have to put up with the nanny-state here. Do you realise that the average joe in the street is not allowed to wire a 13 amp plug? All appliances now come with a pre-moulded plug pre-wired onto the cable... All because some Darwin-Award winner successfully removed himself from the gene pool by wiring one wrong.