I didn't say
VB were getting favoured over me. We had 80 miles to go to descent point and were 5-10 miles ahead of
VB at that point in a faster jet.
VB were not on any time restrictions. We were 2000 feet above him which I suspect is the reason we got the massive vector.
What would have made a lot more sense was to track us to Rivet at our normal profile speed, track
VB via the star at his normal speed and no-one would have been delayed at all. I did exactly the same flight the week before, with the same situation and the controller handled it beautifully. Why the difference over the two weeks?