I think that's pretty batshit. Certainly comfortably outside the normal bounds of political rhetoric. (View Post)

I think they qualify as microstates. (View Post)

But it's demonstrably true. Business cases are based on costs vs benefits. Benefits are calculated, largely, on passenger numbers. And passenger numbers have wildly exceeded expectations. No dou… (View Post)

The detail is in the Oakervee Report I posted a link to. Of course, that was written back when it was assumed HS2 would be going beyond Birmingham, so some assumptions may need to be revisited. But t… (View Post)

While I'm on a roll, these are the relevant paragraphs from the Oakervee Review: 12.9 Analysis suggests that not going to Euston would have a significant negative impact on the business case for… (View Post)