Tom Anderson wrote:


The second thing that's obvious is that we need a high-speed service
from Heathrow to Europe, so we can cut out lots of short-haul
connecting flights.

No, it's not obvious at all.

Well, all right, if you're going to view HS2 as primarily a device for
cutting lots of short haul connecting flights, then that could be an
obvious way to do it. But it's not obvious why HS2 should be viewed
that way in the first place.

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