Hi,
Thanks for your comments they are very interesting, and i'll take into consideration vectoring around kent.
The only reason we sometimes opt to keep inbounds faster rather than bringing the speed right back to 160 is the knock on effect it has on the aircraft following as they all have to slow down substantially and eventually a wave effect takes its course and either some have to go into a holding pattern over spear, or inbounds get sped at 180 before crossing the english coast.
Thanks & speak soon no doubt
Alex