Better Broadband not HS2, survey finds
According to new research by ComRes published today, 50% of UK adults say upgrading Britain’s national broadband network should...
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Stop HS2 fringe at Tory Conference
Stop HS2, along with HS2 Action Alliance and Agahst (Action Groups Againt High Speed Two) are holding a fringe...
More homes threatened by HS2, and maybe more still being built.
Camden Council has written to residents in the Cartmel block of Regents Park Estate, saying their homes could be...
HS2 lurches on down the track
From 51M:
September has not been a great month for HS2.
Early on, Simon Kirby quit his job as CEO...
HS2 given a massive thumbs down
As Simon Kirby, the £750,000 highest paid civil servant quits HS2 to join Rolls Royce, Mancunian Yvette Fielding thinks there must be “something dodgy going on” to allow HS2 to go ahead. Ainsley Harriot, Matthew Wright and the Wright Stuff audience also unanimously oppose HS2.
O’Neill resigns from the Government
Breaking news today is that Jim O’Neill has resigned from the government, citing concerns about the Northern...
HS2: Is it too big to fail?
This was originally published on Write You in August, by Cheryl Gillan MP. Note that the Chief Executive, Simon...
Network Rail undermine Department for Transport capacity argument for HS2
Besides the ridiculous notion that HS2 will be a magic wand the cure the north-south divide, the argument put...
HS2 temporary jobs “bonanza”
Over the last couple of days, a number of papers have reported on the HS2 “jobs bonaza” that the...
What aquifer? or that aquifer?
According to Mix 96, an HS2 press report says that they will be investigating ground water near Wendover...