Interesting thread - those that want to look further into this could do well to read
Long and in two parts (I pasted them into word printend them and read it on a train!)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0...183118,00.html
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/publi...183429,00.html
What shocks me is the cost when compared to European rail travel. Just got two tickets Paris to Brussels and back on the High Speed Red Thalys train. £35 each. Costs £14 for a day return to London from Hertford!