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Landed at Gatwick last week then had to drive round the orbital carpark the M25. And what is it with all those joints in the road for miles that sound like rumble strips? dreadful. Then you have Khans cash grab ULEZ. Sorry but I think London is a toilet the HS2 being an escape to pleasanter pastures... the North. Best kept secret in the UK, Beautiful Yorkshire and yes Scotland.
UK (with Ireland) has today been chosen to host the Euro 2028 football tourney. Great news.
Another Brexit bonus ;-)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/oct/04/uk-and-ireland-set-to-host-euro-2028-after-turkey-withdraw-bid
That’s it 🤷🏼♂️
HS2 is costing £400,000,000.00 per mile... You will only see the sky for 7mins of the entire London-to-Brum trip (the whole line runs thru dark tunnels)... Around 100 million trees and 1 billion insects have been lost during construction... To make even a tiny profit, HS2 will need to charge £200pp for a one-way, 1hr, ticket, inflation-linked, for the next 20 years, and make losses constantly every year until at least 2050 or 2055...
To say HS2 is a "grotesque white elephant" is an understatement.
Regarding "Scots and Northerners getting to the South quicker"... this is a joke, we know... But that is precisely what happened when they opened a highspeed railway from Lyon to Paris! It caused an instant brain-drain, as skilled French workers fled to Paris for higher-paid jobs... The net benefits to (poorer) Lyon were / are basically zero. Smart folks from Birmingham are just going to flee to richer London.
Smaller, cheaper aircraft.
DYOR
HS2 been built so that *Scorrish and Notherners* can get out to the south quicker...IMHO
Get the 6:30 train eh? I live 12 miles away from Piccadilly station..u think I should get up, washed,breakfast,changed and walk to tram stop (30 mins) tram to victoria (35mins) and walk from Victoria to Piccadilly (15mins) that means for me to get that tram. That requires me to get up at 4:30 am without a any hiccups to make that train. If you think that's reasonable then you sir are living to work. Personally I think connecting Scotland to London should be a priority. However the figures being thrown about and the time frame make zero sense to me. Why do other countries manage to complete these feats in much shorter timeframes and much less money??
Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston , pre second World War , was TWO HOURS FIFTY MINUTES . This was carried out with good old reliable steam engines . I am quite happy with a journey taking about 3 hours to London , and I am sure most travellers from Manchester are quite happy with under 3 hours to London . Whilst travelling you now have a lap top , a mobile phone and are in constant reach of people you need to talk to . HS2 has always been a massively expensive unneeded big boys toy . Get the train at 0630 , and in the Board Room at 10.00 , what's the problem.
Limp wristed tozzer already.
"We should get the Chinese to build the damned railway , it would be completed in quick time "
Agree CEREUS...2,800 Pairs of Bullet trains and the West peddling straw hats bent over in paddy fields.
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/china-trains/high-speed/#:~:text=China%20High%20Speed%20Train%20(Bullet%20Train)&text=China%20high%20speed%20trains%2C%20also,of%20the%20country's%2034%20provinces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_China
Hi Asp1, Any new Gap ? Cheers
For the investment needed for hs2 for people to get to london between 45 minutes and 30 minutes earlier the sums simply did not stack up also with the aftermath of COVID-19 there is a reluctance from office workers to return to the office it was a vanity project by the politicians especially the financially inept boris johnson who could easily have stopped it but wanted to leave a long term legacy but the only thing he has left is a white elephant
Yes there’s been a lack of green lines for the last 24 hours. Maybe he’s taking a sabbatical…..
High speed rail lol , it was a stupid idea from the start , who ? Really needed to get to London half hour early , complete joke the concept. Blew billions on a idea that didn't even stack up . Could have been spent trying to develop high tech manufacturing industry . The question all political parties need to ask themselves is how can the country make more money , I couldn't see how high speed rail achieved that , thank god for those rich lads in the financial services, otherwise the country would bemaking f all
Lloyds SP afterwards ?
SUB40.......aka carltit
Cereus
The laughing stock of the world?
Do you honestly think people around the world could be arshed with what's going on in our great country?
Do you not think people around the world have got their own local issues to worry about?
" Laughing stock of the world" is just another pathetic sound bite used by fools to talk down our own country.
Hyperbolic nonsense !!
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you get ed miliband, david lammy, angela rayner, and lets not forget keir starmer the cutting edge of minds to propel us into the future , ed can bring back his huge tomb stone fantastic idea ,lammy can rant on for ever that we all ****** ,rayner can teach us how to claim benefits s c u m,starmer can give us the lotto numbers sunday morning
Reform party it is.
Channel tunnel was/is money well spent.
Yesterday ......"Stocks traded inversely to bond yields throughout the day, moving lower each time as rates spiked. The latest catalyst for the rate boost was the release Tuesday of the August job openings survey, which signaled a tight labor market. The survey showed 9.6 million open roles in the month. Meanwhile, economists polled by Dow Jones had anticipated 8.8 million jobs. A strong labor market is allowing the Fed to tighten policy without fear it is going too far."....
More us employment data today and especially tomorrow will be watching with interest......gla
Could not agree more.
They have all had the chance
Lets go for Reform and something knew
The Tories keep electing their Prime Minister, not the Public!
Why dont you vote for completely different party Reform uk. Its no good bounceing from one useless party to another. Time to change.
Morning Bros.
Indeed the HS2 is a national disgrace.
it was a vanity project but once started the Govt should have closely overseen it.
Whoever the minister was that had in their portfolio should be sacked as the Govt position is now untenable and we needs the GE.
Our Great Nation it deserve better than this.
CEREUS.
The Chinese they rescued the Canada railway so you is spot on Bros. They can certainly build a railway just look at the belt and road project.. China to Europe !!! You know what I am saying...