This is absolutely disgraceful....someone is going to make a lot of money out of this and we are going to lose a lot...AND it closes out the option of HS2 at any point in the future...the wanton, determined damage.
There’s something very disturbing about our prime minister smiling and chatting nonchalantly on daytime tv about the shocking state of our economy in the same breath as pop stars and tv programmes. #thismorning
it's key to remember that this was *actually built*. there is a link from the channel tunnel to the west coast mainline. British Rail invested £140m before it was privatised. the trains were built! but services never ran because operators didn't consider them commercially viable