Drop HS2 From Political Commitments
HS2 Action Alliance have been writing to political leaders, to ask them to commit to dropping HS2 in their manifestos....
Tag: Europe
HS2 threatened Pear in public vote for European Tree of the Year.
The Cubbington Pear Tree, which won English Tree of the year in 2015 has now gone forward to contend...
Tree of the Year – TV Coverage
Last Sunday, the Cubbington Pear Tree was announced as Tree of the Year for England. Here’s how that news was covered on the local news. After winning the Woodland Trust competition, it will now go on to compete for European Tree of the Year in February 2016.
Unfinished business, part 5
This was originally posted on Peter’s blog here.
(… continued from Unfinished business, part 4, 29-Jun-2015
For HS2 playing the Europe card has become a busted flush
From 51M.
When all else fails, HS2 advocates play the Europe card. Patrick McLoughlin did it recently when talking about...
HS2 hits the EU Parliament
On 15th December, HS2 was finally mentioned in the EU Parliament. Here is the speech made under the one-minute...
McLoughlin at the Lords
Over recent months, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has been conducting an inquiry into HS2. On 9th...
Vote for the ‘Pinocchio Award’ – Your chance to help our high speed rail ‘cousins’ in Europe.
This post is by Madeleine Wahlberg.
Avid readers of this blog will know that HS2 is not the only ridiculous...
New transport ‘brooms’ in the EC
New transport ‘brooms’ in the EC – will they sweep away HS2? – By Madeleine Wahlberg
If you want to...
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...