Here are just some of the tweets over the last month linking the issues of flooding and HS2
Part One is on this link.
See photos in my last two tweets. Even if they build #HS2 through #Woodlesford flood plain on a viaduct, where will the displaced water go?
— Phil Walton (@PhilWWalton) December 28, 2015
Bullet train, Mumbai-Ahmedabad, £9.4bn. HS2, London-Manchester, £80bn. No wonder our flood defences are so f#*>ing pitiful. #TreasureIsland
— Julian Beach (@JBeachWriting) December 31, 2015
@richredandblue what's the point in having HS2 if it's going to be 6ft under water. Spend the money on Flood Defences instead.
— Andrew White (@gunnawinsoon) December 29, 2015
We cut flood defences,army, navy, RAF, fire service, police, welfare…but £60+ billion on HS2 is obviously vital #corruption
— sellthemoon_web (@sellthemoon_web) December 27, 2015
@David_Cameron can l suggest you abandon hs2 and spend the money on flood defences !!
— Budding Rose PD418 (@buddingrose418) December 28, 2015
Part of the HS2 route is to be built on a flood plain. You just couldn't make it up!.
— John Reeves (@ReevesJek) December 31, 2015
@guardianeco No, because you see that clown 2nd on the left, he keeps cutting the flood defence budget! But don't worry HS2 will save us!
— Matt Wood (@Mwoodplants) December 7, 2015
#hs2 to be renamed H2O to reflect current state of Osborne's #NorthernPowerhouse. Seriously. Thoughts with flood victims.
— Dewi Smith-Johns (@DewiSmith_Johns) December 27, 2015
@mikelovesPR I imagine HS2 would be underwater now with our current flood "defences"……
— Adam Burt (@cyclenorwich) December 28, 2015
At last! Someone is Not blaming overseas aid for floods- Petition: Stop HS2 spen money on UK flood defence strategy. https://t.co/4vmooSGUOo
— sarb remphry (@LeonRemphry) January 3, 2016
Check out the favoured route for #hs2 to meet the east coat main line https://t.co/cOAA8h6Kyk
— Alix Dickinson (@alixdickinson) January 2, 2016
@David_Cameron @fbunational how much is HS2 , £50billion ? £100 million to flood victims is a disrespectful insult
— Will Lonsdale (@WillLonsdale3) December 29, 2015
Dear @David_Cameron, I trust the #HS2 are designing trains that can glide and sail through the flood waters in the north. @jeremycorbyn xx
— Mr_Manning (@ManningMr) December 27, 2015
Sad that my #Harefield residents are still fighting the incompetence of #HS2 whilst lack of housing and flood defences need attention
— Cllr Jane Palmer (@CllrJanePalmer) December 31, 2015
@karrade £40bn would buy a shed load of flood defenses. #HS2 is a trophy project to enable the richest to escape the North even faster.
— Chas Peeps (@ChasPeeps) December 7, 2015
Route of HS2 at Church Fenton.Would money be better spent on flood defences? pic.twitter.com/GruUUYLQ8e
— alan small (@AdgeSmall) December 29, 2015
We need more police, we need effective flood controls, we need more money for armed services & NHS &where do Tory billions go? Pointless HS2
— Adrian Mourby (@AdrianMourby) December 27, 2015
Perhaps the government will stop one of their idiotic projects such as HS2 and use that money to sort flood defences https://t.co/5zg4KuGQUc
— DeselectDanczuk! (@DbAshby) December 31, 2015
#Flood #Prevention is a better long term investment for #Leeds and the North than the #HS2 #MonstrousWasteOfCash
— 8cornflakes (@8cornflakes) December 28, 2015
"Common sense on flood prevention is being swept aside | Letters https://t.co/PlY5zaT33h #DavidCameron #HS2 #Flooding " #p2
— Kim Acheson (@KimAcheson) December 29, 2015
high time to bin hs2 and spend some serious money on flood defence over the next few decades instead
— dave simpson (@dfstwit) December 27, 2015
Make that 'Divert ALL funds from #HS2 to flood prevention now'. https://t.co/WJeQNXywq8
— Tom Stewart (@SamWTotter) December 31, 2015
#bbcdp Maybe if money wasn't pissed away on "renewable" energy, HS2 and a Green Bank, then flood protection could be afforded?
— Crude Libertarian (@RudeLibertarian) December 7, 2015
@David_Cameron cheaper option is better flood defences but bet you just decided to build your HS2 train line 5ft higher Davey boy!
— Chris Francis (@ChrisUmbongo) December 27, 2015
If @EnvAgency will only build flood defences where there is an £8 return for every £1 spent why don't @transportgovuk apply the same to #HS2
— Nigel Shepperson (@Rakeend) December 30, 2015
@rita0brien so they can build posh homes where I live on our flood plain for posh londoners to catch HS2 to work
— rascal (@taratwo) December 28, 2015
Cameron's HS2 would now be under water as they don't understand forward planning and not building on flood plains!!
— joyce miller (@agapanthus49) December 31, 2015
More UK money also needs to be put into flood prevention & relief. Do we really need billions spent on HS2?
— Adrian Mourby (@AdrianMourby) December 27, 2015
@David_Cameron cancel HS2 and use the money on making the Country more flood resilient/reducing national debt. Flooded people matter.
— gilberdyke spotter (@GilberdykeRail) December 30, 2015
#leedsfloods Now let's spend those billions on the flood defences we really need, not the HS2 that we don't.
— Brian Minards (@BrianMinards) December 28, 2015
We need proper flood defences in UK instead of a Hunger Games style posh train #HS2
— Karrade (Mark) (@karrade) December 7, 2015
@JohnSensible Instead of being in hock to the Chinese, abort HS2 & switch funds to Flood Defenses.
— Ewen Simpson (@Whatcroft) December 31, 2015
They really should be reinforcing flood defences instead of wasting money on a few fat trains kept captive on a track to Birmingham = HS2.
— Dorothea Hackman (@caryatid9) December 27, 2015
We don't need HS2. We do need (more/proper) flood prevention investment. The north can't be any kind of powerhouse under 4 feet of water.
— FiJ (@feeflefifski) December 28, 2015
@David_Cameron flood defence would be damn sight more useful to the north west than #hs2
— Elliewoo (@mopsa105) December 26, 2015
The PM has promised around £250 million for Yorkshire flood repair. A lot of money. About the cost of 1/2 km of #HS2 https://t.co/9EDk1vPNbm
— Prof Patrick McGhee (@ProfMcGhee) December 31, 2015
Flood defences a better spend than HS2? Interesting debate? 30 mins quicker to London or flood defences? #Business https://t.co/3hVrXcuYPC
— David Hunt (@DavidHuntSearch) December 27, 2015
If events like #StormDesmond are becoming normal, shouldn't new flood infrastructure and maintenance of existing be important than say #hs2
— Jon O'Connor (@jonroboc) December 7, 2015
Dear UK government: scrap Trident and HS2 to fund flood defences NOW or the north will eat you. Hugs!!
— Alex Paknadel (@AlexPaknadel) December 27, 2015
Perfect time to scrap vanity project #hs2 and invest £50bn on improving flood defences! No brainer! https://t.co/ljzvCn4Mr2
— malcolm cowing (@atillatherover) December 28, 2015
Invest in flood defences not waste money on #HS2 https://t.co/dMIPb8Nfa0
— Jeff Davies (@smotyndu) December 31, 2015
@David_Cameron divert the HS2 funds to flood defence!
— Otford Pond (@OtfordPond) December 26, 2015
Cancel HS2 Use freed money to finance flood project Hire Dutch consultants @guerillacricket
— SG Kinsman (@BambouClub) December 28, 2015
Too right! Christmas floods prove government need to spend billions on flood defences rather than HS2 vanity project https://t.co/BuKwC5u1XC
— DavidBret Biographer (@DavidBret) December 27, 2015
Government's 'complete rethink' of flood defences should involve weighing up the relative value of HS2. Pointless if destination is flooded.
— Dafydd Prichard (@lliwedd) December 28, 2015
Forget throwing £60bn+ at the highly questionable benefits of HS2. Spend it on flood defence instead. It needs billions, not millions.
— Classical Martin (@TallMartinH) December 6, 2015
#hs2 £50bn that buys an awful lot of flood defences in lieu of getting to London 20 mins quicker. #yorkshirefloods
— Kevin Mulvaney (@Mulvaney1Kevin) December 28, 2015
Tory MPs urges diverting the foreign aid budget to help #flood victims, although maybe not spending in #hs2 #Syrian war or #Trident more apt
— TerroristSynthesiser (@StephenCarter2) December 27, 2015
#floods #HS2 HS2 with no flood defences is simply fur coat with no knickers. Let's get real.
— Lance de Boyle (@stu_LD) December 28, 2015
@Paxalito @joerukin @stophs2 HS2 needs to be scrapped permanently. Flood defences need to be complemented with trees planted on hillsides!
— Oak (@Mythago13) January 2, 2016
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