For years, whilst the Green party & Ukip have opposed HS2, Labour Conservatives & Lib-Dems have supported it. Whilst that support has at least seen dissent and wobbles from both the two main parties, the Lib-Dems have been the most resolutely pig-headedly committed to it. And whilst a commitment to HS2 is in their manifesto, does it seem that Tim Farron is starting to get the point of what HS2 is really about?