If Professor James Woudhuysen – one of the panellists at the NESTA/Editorial Intelligence/Friends Provident and Reuters breakfast debate on ‘Where is Britain’s innovative edge?’ – was Prime Minister, he would, I’d wager, try to solve all of our problems with transport in the UK (at least he’d give it a good try). He shook his head in bafflement and asked why couldn’t the UK use its brainpower and industrial clout to create a first rate transport system (even one as modern as that seen in China) to ensure that most of us get a seat or the London to Liverpool journey does not take five hours to complete. Read more…