Net migration was hovering around 200-300,000. Once we left it went up to 900,000. We were getting about 400,000 EU nationals coming in every year. That's fallen off to less than 200,000 - but n… (View Post)

There's your man @TimS (View Post)

I'm still feeling dazed by the idea that a 3rd runway at Heathrow would be good because it would enable regular flights to Liverpool. To put that in perspective, HS2 would have provided the equi… (View Post)

The NE of England always gets screwed. They've got 9% of the motorway that the NW of England does (41% of the dual carriageway) , and none of these fabled rail projects will ever make it up ther… (View Post)

The fact there would be that kind of demand, for a train journey of only 2 hours, demonstrates just how much we needed HS2 to open up some capacity (not speed FFS). 3rd runway at Heathrow to enable p… (View Post)