It seems the 1 braincelled person cannot and does not want to understand that NONE of the Northern boost is a result of LHR and its services to China. Its a direct result of that sole route MAN has. MAN may well the focal point for the route but its the whole region that benefits; the same will apply when all 3 Indian routes start as well the Ethiopian service and the 3 or 4 other expected Asian routes happen. Whereas for LHR its going to be the usual trickledown effect and when someone sneezes lets cancel all the shuttle services DESPITE the apparent need for the likes of LPL (and its history of failing to keep hub carriers) and MME (whose owners serm to loathe aircraft) to have the LHR link to boost their economy. Boost the east-west trainline instead of these vanity projects of HS2 and R3 and then even more tangible benefits would accrue.