And I'm not about shed any tears for pensioners with incomes over £43k per annum, particularly as they are unlikely to have housing costs or dependents. (View Post)

Queensferry Crossing, Borders Railway, Aberdeen bypass etc etc. But the usual pessimism is around the benefits, not the costs - like Crossrail's incredible passenger numbers. (View Post)

That's incoherent - the BCR on HS2 was decent (over 2) and plenty of economists think that was far too pessimistic. Just look at the passenger numbers and business impact of Crossrail. The problem wi… (View Post)

That's precisely what they are for - smashing our enemies to bits. "Traitor" lol (View Post)

That's typically how capital investment works. It's impossible to spend that much that quickly - and it's much more cost efficient to have a long term programme of investment than the stop-start nons… (View Post)