So, where do I start?
You ask a G/A airfield if there is any traffic in potential conflict with the IFR being positioned for the ILS to be told nothing. then have to give avoiding action as a departure from that other airfield that had nothing is flying through your 8 mile final, then decides to call you when through the centre line after you've given the ILS traffic avoiding action! Or you ask for traffic "we have a departure, but we don't know which way it's going" That was yesterday.
Today, somebody inbound Sandtoft calls 3 miles southeast of Doncaster when flying up from the south. Good job we had no IFR departures, because they would have had a significant delay. Why leave it so late to give a call?
TOM inbound from the west, had to be kept at 70 due a 60 transit which was no problem, until unknown traffic at 65 popped up 10 mile east of him on a converging heading (again, not a problem as this was then co-ordinated with another unit) The problem was this primary south of it. TOM had to be given avoiding action to the west and vectored around it (this primary had delayed an out bound earlier because it flew 4 miles south and west of CN without talking to us!) Think the TOM decided to go visual just to get on the ground quickly.
This is a real shame, because it tarnishes things for the other 99% of flights that call, and will go out of the way to help you if they can. I don't see why with controlled airspace things will change much. It would just be nice to talk to everyone!!