jerboy - you are talking nonsense. Have you ever actually looked at a map? Or have any knowledge of the SEN/STN area? Do you understand why SEN has had just one weekly flight for the last few years? Sparsely populated East Anglia you say?! Southend is actually in deepest Essex, population 1.4 million. A long way from the Fens or the fields of Norfolk but not far at all from East London with a shiny new rail service direct to a brand spanking new terminal to open soon. All discussed in the SEN thread.
What you are all forgetting about LGW 'not working' is that Flybe came along. There is no competition at STN.
There seems to be a few people on here with local shop for local people mentality, not seeing that people may want to travel TO Cornwall therefore connections are irrelevent. But I guess that is why I am in strategic management and I would guess they are not.