HS2 should have started somewhere simple (Leeds to Sheffield / Nottingham) while the skills were built up and then a 20-30 year schedule of projects created as HS2 in full and HS3/ NPR were built. In… (View Post)

HS2 should have started somewhere simple (Leeds to Sheffield / Nottingham) while the skills were built up and then a 20-30 year schedule of projects created as HS2 in full and HS3/ NPR were built. In… (View Post)

Half our problem is that since Thatcher (and a less extent Blair) no-one has done the careful thinking and proper planning. So instead we tinker at the edges creating those awful cliff edges because … (View Post)

Talking about Dan Neidle, he's got a report coming out next week that will make a few law firms rather unhappy but should final put the loan charge schemes of 2002 to 2018 or so to bed.. (View Post)

You transfer the money to Thailand where a friend then forwards it back as a "gift".. (View Post)