A few quid? This is a railway costing in the ball park of £500m per mile. A cost of £100,000 PER FOOT. Even one millimetre of HS2 is costing very roughly £3,000. Offer each one of say 80 UK cities an… (View Post)

Yes Rishi Sunak, the state of the roads across the country is absolutely lousy, as reflected in the potholes issue. And that is entirely down to you and your Conservative predecessors over 13 years. … (View Post)

The Telegraph refers to the Rosebank oil field being worth £3.1bn. It puts the cost of HS2 in perspective. You could buy 33 Rosebanks, or quite possibly more, for the cost of just 1 HS2. (View Post)

Ratio of more than 3:1 between those who say that it would make them less likely v more likely to vote Conservative. That's bad news for Sunak whichever way it's spun. (View Post)

On the contrary, the significant commitment that Starmer has made is an explicit one that renegotiation would not result in the UK re-entering the customs union or single market. In other words, it's… (View Post)