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The connection to the channel tunnel . . . . Duh.
“levelling up” fantastic political slogan that defines precisely FA….but has been handy as a tool to bribe the voters in poor regions
the last decade has seen an ever increasing concentration of wealth to London and the home counties
the funny thing is the name HS2 has been around for years but it had never occurred to me to wonder what HS1 was - I don’t remember it being called that the time.
Im now wondering if world war 1 was called that until after WW2……
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Me & SWMBO likes our road trips & booking cottages or B&B's around the country so's we can wander & explore.
We have a particular fondness for Edinburgh & especially the Tattoo, but driving / riding there is a pain unless we include it in a 3-4-5 day road trip. What we want is someway to get there & back preferably in one day but I s'pose 2 days will do. Now you'd think that this has 'let the train take the strain' written all over it & we did try it once. NEVER EVER AGAIN.
We have a particular fondness for Edinburgh & especially the Tattoo, but driving / riding there is a pain unless we include it in a 3-4-5 day road trip. What we want is someway to get there & back preferably in one day but I s'pose 2 days will do. Now you'd think that this has 'let the train take the strain' written all over it & we did try it once. NEVER EVER AGAIN.
Wasn't it the Great War?
That seems like an oxymoron
I had reason to go to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Clearly quicker to fly (even accounting for drive to BHX, check-in etc)..............but also cheaper. Quite a bit cheaper.
When you factor in that "time is money", it was ridiculously cheap to fly, compared to take the train.
Great as in pan-european or scale of conflict.
Not like great as in Alexander the Great.
I used to work for a well known Glasgow company, with an office her in Yorkshire. Often we would have specialists pop down here, they would always fly, because it was so much quicker, and cheaper.
A Cameron vanity project, what is it with certain politicians and the need to leave some lasting physical legacy. An upgraded Leeds to Manchester railway would be more help to the north
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A prominent Conservative donor has threatened to stop supporting the party if Rishi Sunak scraps the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2, as ministers consider pulling the plug on the multibillion-pound project.
said: “Generations of my family have been proud to support what was the party of business. We’ve given year in, year out for decades and been active in the party. But I’ve spoken to other donors, and several of them feel – possibly for the first time ever – recent events seriously call into question the ability to continue to support people who don’t do what they say they’d do.”
It follows a similar move by the billionaire Phones4U founder, John Caudwell, who said he would stop donating to the Conservatives after the “madness” of Sunak’s U-turn on climate goals.
A decision is expected to be taken by the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, early next week with an announcement pencilled in for Friday.
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said: “Generations of my family have been proud to support what was the party of business. We’ve given year in, year out for decades and been active in the party. But I’ve spoken to other donors, and several of them feel – possibly for the first time ever – recent events seriously call into question the ability to continue to support people who don’t do what they say they’d do.”
It follows a similar move by the billionaire Phones4U founder, John Caudwell, who said he would stop donating to the Conservatives after the “madness” of Sunak’s U-turn on climate goals.
A decision is expected to be taken by the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, early next week with an announcement pencilled in for Friday.
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Lawyer / solicitor / barrister on R5L this morning, talking about the proposed cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.
She said that, although she is in Manchester (which is what, 80 miles north of Birmingham?), she has to travel down the previous day, to be sure of making a 1000 meeting.
Absolutely ridiculous; what must other countries think of such a farce?
She said that, although she is in Manchester (which is what, 80 miles north of Birmingham?), she has to travel down the previous day, to be sure of making a 1000 meeting.
Absolutely ridiculous; what must other countries think of such a farce?
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