[Margaret Pilkington]

I'm not sure what I would do..........perhaps the first thing would be to make transport between cities cheaper. It is no damn good having a fine superfast rail service if it is too expensive to use.
I can see the sense of linking the cities, and it will do businesses in those cities no harm at all.

It is going to create some jobs while the infrastructure is being built....but then what?

I don't think giving 33 towns and cities a million each would be a great deal of good.......you don't get much infrastructure for a million quid these days.

I can see it causing much angst as the countryside is ripped up for track to be laid........for rich men to ride in style and comfort and save 50 minutes or so.
That doesn't answer your question Gordon, but that is as near as I can get.