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The main issue, I'd suggest, is overcrowding - of services and passengers. The London-Brighton services already operate beyond capacity - and the numbers aren't about to fall any time soon. The trains were a mess (the timetable has long been a farce) way before the industrial disputes happened...

I appreciate the point. One, France is twice the size of the UK. Two, it's a more rural country, meaning places need linking up, transport-wise. Also, France had to re-build much of its infrastructure post-war. Britain, in comparative terms, didn't - hence an antiquated system. Railways were...

Quite. It might be a bit parochial, but a I'd argue a BML2 line is more pressing. At least a functioning London-Birmingham / London-Manchester service exists. You'd be hard pushed to say London-Brighton is 'functioning'. While an upgrade of the railways to something close to the TGV quality of...