HS2

[richardjones210368]

I understand the decision on HS2 will now be announced shortly before the commons rises for the Spring Recess next Friday as MPs will depart next Friday for thier constituencys and will then be unable to call early day motions to debate the decision. A very very clever decision made by my nemesis Dominic Cummings.

[RW]

Hope your right richardj. Listening to Grant Shapps on Sky sounds like more delay, more indecision, Govt dithering. If you believe the media the green light seems to have dimmed slightly. Hopefully your 'source' remains confident. Never mind levelling up the country's infrastructure if this was a London scheme.........need I say it?

[richardjones210368]

Hope your right richardj. Listening to Grant Shapps on Sky sounds like more delay, more indecision, Govt dithering. If you believe the media the green light seems to have dimmed slightly. Hopefully your 'source' remains confident. Never mind levelling up the country's infrastructure if this was a London scheme.........need I say it?

Forgot to reply yesterday an unholy row broke out behind the scenes when The PM reached out David Cameron who let's face it he bought down and the former PM snubbed his job offer I understand Dominc Cummings was fuming and lobby journalists thrown out of a briefing because of this issue.

[RW]

So what are you saying richardj that HS2 was overtaken by other events yesterday? Surely PM can't afford to let David Cameron issues force HS2 out of kilter? If that's what you're suggesting. What was the briefing for DC or HS2. If the latter Grant Shapps putting a different story around!

[richardjones210368]

So what are you saying richardj that HS2 was overtaken by other events yesterday? Surely PM can't afford to let David Cameron issues force HS2 out of kilter? If that's what you're suggesting. What was the briefing for DC or HS2. If the latter Grant Shapps putting a different story around!

The Prime Minister due to other events is only able to now brief Back Bench MPs tonight as the Cobra Meetings after the terrorist attrocity, the killer chinese flu and the Cameron fiasco have overwhelmed No10s business this week.

[the trainbasher]

Ah well that waste of taxpayers money has been given the go ahead.

[Trident 4194]

Ah well that waste of taxpayers money has been given the go ahead.

Time will tell if it's a waste of money. Regional flights will be gone by the time HS2 is completed.

[BK63 YWP]

Ah well that waste of taxpayers money has been given the go ahead.

But the west coast is running at capacity, what would your idea be?

[the trainbasher]

But the west coast is running at capacity, what would your idea be?

4 track Chiltern with a new line connecting Aylesbury, Rugby (and a spur to Northampton), Leicester and then 4 track to Leeds via Derby.

Or alternatively a less focus on London and more businesses being moved to the region's.

[Tony]

4 track Chiltern with a new line connecting Aylesbury, Rugby (and a spur to Northampton), Leicester and then 4 track to Leeds via Derby.

Or alternatively a less focus on London and more businesses being moved to the region's.

Extra capacity using 19th century lines. No thanks, catch up with the rest of the world

[RW]

Spot on Tony. Where do all these dinosaurs come from? Can't see beyond the end of the week.

[Trident 4194]

2 years ago I produced a 2500 word essay evaluating the impacts of HS2 with the data that was provided back then. When concluding I did say at the time whilst it possessed many benefits, drawbacks such as cost, austerity measures back then, environmental damage, and the overcrowding of other lines, where potentially this money could have helped resolve these issues in a shorter time frame. I wish I had this document still that I could share with you. It was an A* essay too ☺️. However I have no objections now that we have Boris as PM, and will deliver what has been promised

[Stu]

Ah well that waste of taxpayers money has been given the go ahead.

I don't think there was any doubt that it wouldn't go ahead.

Too much has been spent already, and if the project was pulled, I'm sure a number of contractors would have had to have received some form of 'compensation', or something like that.

It would definitely have been a waste of money if the project had been scrapped.

Extra capacity using 19th century lines. No thanks, catch up with the rest of the world

The irony is that 'our' HS2 line is already something like 25 years behind many other parts of the world that already have high-speed train lines.

Time will tell if it's a waste of money. Regional flights will be gone by the time HS2 is completed.

Now that wouldn't surprise me in the least!

[the trainbasher]

However I have no objections now that we have Boris as PM, and will deliver what has been promised

I wouldn't trust Boris to deliver a bath, let alone a high speed rail project. He is a prime minister who was only elected on a xenophobic backing propped up with Russian blood and oil money. #notmyPM

[Tony]

I wouldn't trust Boris to deliver a bath, let alone a high speed rail project. He is a prime minister who was only elected on a xenophobic backing propped up with Russian blood and oil money. #notmyPM

No politics on here please.
(he is your prime minister - it's called democracy)

Back to HS2 please