RE: Argue4 Aug 2020 21:35
Couldnt help but notice in the Zero Hedge piece '''.. in 2015, China pledged to invest $5.8 billion in the construction of the Moscow-Kazan High Speed Railway. The railway will be extended to China, connecting the two countries through Kazakhstan. The total cost of the Moscow-Kazan high speed railroad project is $21.4 billion.'' Driving distance from Kazan to Moscow is 809 kilometers (503 miles)
AND HOW MUCH IS HSR2 costing us??
''The government initially estimated that HS2 would cost £37.5bn in 2009 prices.''
The latest estimate from HS2 Ltd – the non-departmental public body responsible for building the line – found that the cost of HS2 is likely to be between £72.1bn and £78.4bn in 2015 prices. The cost of HS2 has increased in real terms, faster than increases in economy-wide prices.''
''Lord Berkeley, the deputy chair of the independent Oakervee review into HS2, published a dissenting report which argued that the final costs of HS2 will rise again, this time up to £110bn (2015 prices).''
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/high-speed-2-costs
That £100bn figure is a rounded number, but precision on costs has never been a hallmark of HS2. When approval was granted in 2010, the budget was put at £30bn. That quickly become £43bn.
Every escalation in costs has dented the economic case for HS2 – £106bn equates to an astonishing £307m per mile to build 345 miles of high-speed track. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/03/at-307m-per-mile-of-track-can-the-cost-of-hs2-be-justified
And our politicians say Russia..''Tom Tugendhat MP, the chair of the foreign affairs select committee, has said the Russian state has been “taken hostage by a mafia gang”. CityAM
Well their mafia could learn a thing or two from our mafia!
PS ''Classified US-UK trade documents were “stolen” from former trade minister Liam Fox’s email account by Russian hackers, according to reports. ''.. He probably left them on the bus..
No wonder we are getting the shaft from Russia!
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