Buccaneering Dave commits to £50bn HS2 in the Conservative manifesto
David Cameron launched the Conservative manifesto this morning. In a speech that referred to buccaneering, he also referred to...
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Green party manifesto – against HS2
In London this morning, the Green Party launched their manifesto. The full manifesto, which can be downloaded from...
Labour’s support for HS2 leaves a get-out clause
Earlier today Labour published their 2015 manifesto. As expected from their business manifesto, published a...
New polling puts support for HS2 at all time low. Only 1% see it as a priority.
Polling conducted by ComRes has put support for HS2 at all all-time low, with only 22% of the public...
HS2 dominates election campaign in many constituencies
While this video is from earlier this year, it’s worth reminding politicians that HS2 is a big issue in constituencies along the line.
Not really there modal shift
One of the original reasons people liked the idea of high speed rail in Britain was the prospect of...
The Lib-Dems and political suicide, HS2 style.
One of the bits of policy which has recently come out from the Liberal Democrats in the run up...
Salmond, Balls, Scotland and HS2
One of the more surprising statements regarding HS2 and the General Election was made by Alex Salmond a couple...
Manifesto Watch: Labour
We’re still waiting for the main manifesto from the big thee political parties, but last week the Labour party...
Stop HS2 response to the Lords report on HS2
The great thing about going on BCB Radio is that while interviews with them are few and far between, when they do ask Stop HS2 on, they always give us a fair bit of time to make our point. Here is what we had to say about the Lords Economic Affairs Committee Report on HS2.
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