Why 200 MPH train, less than 49mins from London to Birmingham.
If it helps to get jobs easier to and from both cities it should help in general?
14 years and a shiiiiiiiit load of cash can be used in much better ways than saving suits 5 mins on their trudge into work.
If we don't invest in our infrastructure then where would we be?
If we had your opinion there would be no underground or current rail network even though its sh!t, rather have it than not though....?
Now if you said that about the O2 or millennium dome I agree, but it should make money and help in general getting more people to move jobs around?
What are you worried about, you live in Oxford 
What are you worried about you live in Kent Look I answered a possible job positive for the OP so go a suck on some bad eggs!
AND YES THE ONLY REASONS WHY IT HAD THE GO AHEAD WAS BECUASE IT WAS GOING TO CHARGE A SUIT SOME MONEY! thats another debate start a thread about worthess sh!t holes and I'll reply to that!
