Never one to mince his words, Dennis Skinner launched a blistering attack on Chris Grayling this week, for his continued support of HS2.
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Minister calls for Cheerleaders as he prepares to confirm Phase 2b route
The route of HS2 Phase 2b through the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Cheshire is due to be confirmed this...
HS2 pre-empt consultation with ‘special’ compensation announcement.
Confusion and a little bit of animosity has recently reigned in Mexborough, as for some bizarre reason, HS2 Minister...
HS2 and Public Sector Pay on Question Time
For the last two weeks, HS2 has come up on BBC Question Time, both times being mentioned as something which could be cut to help pay for public sector pay increases. Jacob Rees Mogg and Nick Ferarri have basically made the same point, that if you don’t want to increase borrowing or taxes, then to increase Government spending on one item, something else has to go, so why not pick the most useless item of Government spending?
We’ve added these clips to our playlist of the times HS2 has got a kicking on Question Time.
Ouigo off “grands projects”, say French
At the weekend, SNCF, the French railway company, opened two new high speed rail lines, with French president Emmanuel...
Another Total Cock-Up as HS2 Ltd ‘Forget’ Route Change
Last week, HS2 Ltd published their planning context reports for Phase 1 of their scheme. The reports provide an...
Yet Another Damning Report on HS2
The Institute for Government has produced a report “What’s wrong with infrastructure decision making?”, which...
Without realising it, Minister admits HS2 business case was made up.
One of the many aspects of HS2 which has been criticised, even ridiculed, since the outset of the project...
The last fields in Euston, picnic on 8th July
Across the country, people are organising picnics in their local parks on 8th July. A group of our supporters will...
Lord Framlingham: Are they afraid of the truth about HS2?
Yesterday (26th June 2017), as part of the debate on the Queens Speech, Lord Framlingham made an impassioned plea...