The £1.4trillion is a bullshit number that Civitas pulled out of their backside & then had to retract because their numbers were so obviously wrong that even they couldn’t sit there with a straig… (View Post)

The automated online services are all remarkably well done & a feather in the cap of UK plc. The moment you step off the happy path & require hand holding by a bureaucrat things don’t always … (View Post)

I look forward to his speech informing the Russian people that “the war situation has developed not necessarily to Russia's advantage”. (View Post)

This doesn’t actually counter my point does it? We could have built a normal, max current UK grade 220km/hr line & captured the overwhelming majority of the economic benefits of HS2. (View Post)

To be clear: I personally think the misconception of HS2 was in feather bedding it with monstrosities like this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-66803258 to appease Tory voters… (View Post)