Also worth noting that tunnelling is pretty easy - and therefore cheap - in the North of England. We're largely on sandstone, which is very easy stuff to tunnel through but also (unlike the muds… (View Post)

If Levelling Up is a thing - and you accept that connectivity is greater in the south east than in the north - you need to be spending more on connectivity in the north than in the south (assuming yo… (View Post)

My first thought was Aberdeen too! And though I knew what he meant, I still spent a while working it out. I rather liked it, though. A nice rhetorical flourish. And it works if you mean Wirral-Doncas… (View Post)

Looking at HYUFD's post again, I do wonder whether this is what went through some SPAD's mind. "Voters in Leigh and Bury North are simple people. They don't want to go to London. … (View Post)

*bangs head against brick wall* Really? "£6bn of rail investment in GM? Or repair some potholes?" "We're just simple people here, the pothole option seems much more up our street.… (View Post)