Reshuffle Ups and Downs
This week’s reshuffle has affected several MPs with constituencies on the HS2 route. We hope that those leaving...
Author: Penny
We win Locus Standi
Yesterday, the HS2 Hybrid Bill committee of MPs granted us Locus Standi and said that Stop HS2 will be...
From the Archives: Rayleigh Waves and HS2
As background to Mid-Cheshire against HS2’s paper which they presentated to HS2 Ltd, here is some more information...
HS2 staff – the sky’s the limit
In a recent interview with Civil Servant World, Alison Munro told them that HS2 Ltd needs to be...
Clegg ducks the HS2 question (again)
Get West London reported last week that Nick Clegg had been to the Hillingdon Outdoor Activity Centre, which...
“These mega-projects are the quack remedies of modern politics”
Thursday’s Guardian had an article by Simon Jenkins on the HS3 proposal – High-speed 3? These mega-projects are...
New Safeguarding Maps
On Thursday, Patrick McLoughlin announced to Parliament that safeguarding directions along the London to West Midlands HS2 route have...
From the Archives: Grand plans and utopian visions
This article was originally published in November 2011:
“We should look sceptically at grand plans and utopian visions” said...
Chancellor Spots Design Flaw in HS2
In a speech given today at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, George Osborne raised the...
Keep the country safe by scrapping HS2
John Baron MP secures a debate on defence spending and says the UK is making grave errors in cutting defence spending. Here he suggests where cuts should be made to allow the UK to be able to afford its essential defence requirements. House of Commons, 19th June 2014.