I think you have me all wrong ManKurt. I'm firmly supportive of all you identify (except possibly for HS2 where I think the project is far too costly and will draw investment away from more immediate needs, while reinforcing the dominance of London).
My initial point was simply to suggest that it's more productive to identify specific ideas for better surface access, rather than complain generically about a southern bias. I think that you, Bagso and LN-KGL have all done that, so that's all good.
However, the fact that so few of your excellent proposals are currently being pushed by MAG is surely a matter for some concern! The only schemes that MAG appear to be pushing in their Davies submissions are ones that have already got approval, which seems a bit pointless and lacking in vision.
Anyway, enough train spotting for me for the time being so I think I'll draw a line under this one....