Genghis - yes, I guess I meant a useful service (and it does imo have "some" uses) - alebit I think you will find there are parts of the UK you will struggle to get London Info - low level along the coeast to the west country comes to mind.
172driver - not sure who you would talk to for example north coast to Le Mans and further south for the equivalent of a flight following? The basis of my comments was with regard to "proper" flight following US style which is an excellent service. As the earlier post said it comes with full radar cover, hand offs all the way along the route with few differences between class A in Europe - that sort of service I dont see in most of France?