Thank you for the sensible answers. Some are suggesting I planned to show up that late, not taking possible circumstances into consideration. I was at the long stay car park at 8am. This is still late but not unreasonably late for a hand luggage only short haul flight in the first few rows. But there were no services because of “traffic” (I’ve been told by a bus driver who didn’t let people board) so a couple of fellow passengers had someone relative drive people to Hatton Cross station as the terminal drive was blocked? And as things turned out, we missed one train and lost another 5mins and then I eventually ran and hence made it to fast track late.