High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London

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staunch conservatives who opposed any and all changes (this is almost unique to Britain, can't think of any other country where a significant percentage of population opposes change as a matter of principle).

How about the US, especially the Tea Party types? One significant difference, however, is that British conservatives tend to be wealthy, educated, old boys while in the US they tend to be poor, uneducated, red necks.