God, my AIBU sounds like I'm a journalist (I'm not) but this drives me crazy.
During and after the pandemic this country proved pretty adequately that business can carry on pretty much as usual without endess face to face meetings. I used to go to many of these, both in the UK and abroad, inevitably it meant hours or days of travel and associated costs, often all for the sake of a few hours where little would be decided - except the date of the next jolly. Actual decisons would likely be done over the phone the next day.
So why, why, why does this country need to be investing is super high cost projects like HS2 and a third runway for Heathrow. Why will there continue to be a need for people to travel to do business when we shoud be investing in a world leading internet infrastructure and cut out all the travel nonsense and associated issues?
What am I missing?
YABU: Of course UK needs to improve its transport links, otherwise we'll never grow as a country.
YANBU: You're right, we're thinking like its the 1990s, get with the future, Britain.