Public Accounts Committee – HS2 business model is from ‘Field of Dreams’ HS2 has been torn apart again by the Public Accounts Committee, with Chris Heaton-Harris MP saying “The HS2 business...
UPDATED – HS2 costs jump by £10bn, almost wiping out Spending Review savings in one hit. Introducing his ‘Blank Cheque’ Paving Bill for HS2, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced an amazing £9.9bn increase in...
Some recent HS2 news items Birmingham Mail: Curzon Street cat to rise up from the dead Birmingham’s most bizarre Victorian relic is on track...
Network Rail’s Debt Network Rail’s financial results which were published at the end of last week. Its debt has now risen to...
Hundreds expected for National Stop HS2 Convention. Campaigners from the entire 351 mile proposed route of HS2 will descend on the Stafford County Showground on 29th...
Rising HS2 bills could mean two HS2 bills in Queens Speech. Desperate to find a way to spend more money more quickly on HS2, the Government is expected to announce...
HS2 cost passes £40bn, with £1bn to be spent before a vote takes place. Written answers in the House of Commons have put the cost of the HS2 rail project at £41.25 billion,...
Nimbyism: a pejorative term used to dismiss proper arguments Today, The Observer reported “High-speed rail opponents ‘portrayed as posh nimbys’ by peer’s lobbying firm”, following...
“Shit them up”; The tactics of Government funded HS2 lobbyists. A report from Spinwatch has revealed how lobbyists set out to intimidate local opposition HS2. Their report, When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir? Many of the proponents of HS2 justify it as a key principle of Keynsian economics, but what they miss...
When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir? Many of the proponents of HS2 justify it as a key principle of Keynsian economics, but what they miss...