‘Fallacies and Misadventures in Blunderland’: the HS2 case Article by John Burton. Originally published on the IEA blog: ‘Fallacies and Misadventures in Blunderland’: the HS2 case,...
Mock the weak arguments for HS2 It’s all been so serious over the last couple of months hasn’t it? Well, luckily, both the ‘Mock the...
Why the arguments for HS2 don’t stack up The Government repeatedly tries to argue the case for HS2 using the same defeated arguments. So here is what...
Phase 2 ignored as HS2 Phase 1 compensation consultation re-run starts. HS2 Ltd have started a new consultation on compensation for Phase 1 of the proposed route. The consultation has...
The Prime Minister versus Stop HS2 Yesterday, David Cameron tweeted The fightback on #HS2 begins today with the Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, highlighting the huge...
Government get dodgy accountants to make up figures to justify HS2 KPMG, the firm which could not find a £1.5bn hole in the accounts of the Cooperative Bank, have been paid...
Latest polling shows collapse in support for HS2. Supporters of the HS2 project have been dealt a devastating blow by the latest YouGov poll on the project,...
Stop HS2 response to Public Accounts Committee Report. Today, Monday 9th September, the Public Accounts Committee have published their second highly critical report into HS2, the proposed...
Public Accounts Committee – Press Release on HS2 report Committee of Public Accounts High Speed 2: A review of early programme preparation The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of...
The Government HS2 fightback? Make stuff up! This week, the Government is set to make a fightback on HS2, focussing on a speech from Patrick McLoughlin...