Charlotte MacDonald

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1,889 appearances 62 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2010 last heard Apr 2025

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More or Less · Nigeria - rich or poor? · 12 Apr 2014 podcast

Well, the numbers tell us it's both. voice-verified

More or Less · Is London France’s sixth largest city? · 29 Mar 2014 podcast

Boris Johnson says there are 250,000 French people in London. voice-verified

Some estimates say 300,000 to 400,000. voice-verified

But are there really that many? voice-verified

You can't say that. voice-verified

The idea that the French community in London is bigger than most French cities has been around for a while. voice-verified

But we noticed this week that the French press were discussing it again. voice-verified

The figure that crops up most often is about 300,000, which is attributed to the French embassy in London. voice-verified

But when I called them up, they said this figure is actually for the whole of the UK, though they did say that the majority would be in the capital. voice-verified

But even if we look at recent census data, which does include these people, we only reach a figure of 86,000, not even close to the 300,000 originally quoted. voice-verified

It is a nice office though. voice-verified

I got invited along to the embassy buildings in Knightsbridge to meet press spokesperson Xavier Chattel. voice-verified

He was very smart, very polite. voice-verified

He agreed to talk to me about the numbers. voice-verified

He told me they look at a number of different sets of data. voice-verified

For instance, information from the UK's Electoral Commission, from the government's Work and Pensions Department, from the census and a number of other sources, including the consulate's own register of people who've been in touch to say they live here in the UK. voice-verified

And when you say London, what do you mean? voice-verified

Is it central London or...? voice-verified

I spent quite a long time asking Xavier how the numbers reached. voice-verified

He was very patient, but we did keep going round in circles. voice-verified

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