Happy to talk Trains and HS2 so FPT Um the fastest ever London to Edinburgh train was 3 hours 29 minutes achieved by 91012 and a shortened mark 4 rake on a non-stop press run in September 1991. It wa… (View Post)

I actually don’t think that’s a big problem - whoever was the Reform mayor of Manchester will be the obvious reform leader of the North and have a personal mandate bigger than anything Farage has won… (View Post)

Look at CrossRail - argued against for decades and exceeded all projected passenger figures within months. Equally the Northumbria coast line has exceeded passenger figures. Build decent public trans… (View Post)

3) Give regional mayors some actual tax raising ability so they can build the Metro lines every other city with a population over 1 million has. (View Post)

London investment comes before everything else because the Treasury's Green Book is written to make it that way. We really need a concerted effort to transform Manchester / Leeds / Birmingham / … (View Post)