Yes. This is where the trouble really started. I could be sold on the concept of updated, high speed rail capacity linking the north east and north west with London (and eventually supported by an up… (View Post)

I personally thought a lot of the ambition and vision that was appealing re HS2 was lost when the Eastern leg was cancelled, for what it’s worth. This latest update is scandalous too, but I feel like… (View Post)

I suspect that HS2 to Manchester is now dead. I doubt the Labour Party are going to resurrect this now. The Tories have made the decision to kill it. It gives Labour cover to say the money has been e… (View Post)

On whether Suella Braverman could win a GE…. I suspect she wouldn’t, but I sure as hell don’t want to put that to the test. We have to remember that politicians who trade on “saying the things others… (View Post)

I have now had a chance to watch the Suella Braverman speech. I do not take pleasure in saying this because it was full of the usual divisive rhetoric she has taken to delivering, but it was very, ve… (View Post)