Robin9 wrote:

You seem to feel that farm land has no value.

There is no land in the UK that isn't owned by someone. Putting a runway
on farmland is disruptive to far fewer people than putting it on a town.
Therefore it is best to put it on farmland.

The rail line from Stansted to Liverpool Street is not Britain's leading
rail route
and already has capacity problems in the London area.

So, if you've ever used it, does First Great Western. Remove HEx and
that's four more fast trains per hour they can run.

I doubt if more
international travellers want to be in the Liverpool Street area than in
the
Paddington area so that argument has minimal validity.

You don't think that many more business travellers will be destined for the
City of London and Canary Wharf than the Paddington area? Whyever not?
Paddington is nowhere near anywhere of significance.

Neil
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Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK. Put first name before the at to reply.