Lots of difficult land, close together cities which means lots of expensive land to compulsory purchase? (As an aside to the figures above, I wonder what the price of French high speed rail per km wo… (View Post)

Mostly money, but also simply our government not taking the railways seriously. I’ve been told that the Major government drove one of our train manufacturing businesses into bankruptcy in the 90s? Th… (View Post)

The Fringe hosted the Puppetry of the Penis guys for years. So long as everyone involved knows that willy waving may be involved & has the choice to be there or not, taking offence at that seems … (View Post)

We’re having to import a significant amount of gas from abroad. What do people think is going to happen to energy companies if we prevent them from receving at least the market rate for their gas: Su… (View Post)

That was a good excuse for late action the first time. The second & third time? Not so much. (View Post)