HS2...not best value option...report.
- Captain Haddock
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5 October 2023 15:04382779Having time on my hands as a pensioner (average savings made by retired people aged 65 and over amounts to £113,600. This figure includes cash ISAs, savings and current accounts, trusts, stocks and bonds) lets have a quick Google on France (for example) and Covid..
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8792773/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210910-french-ex-health-minister-agn%C3%A8s-buzyn-charged-over-handling-of-covid-19-pandemic
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/world/europe/france-coronavirus.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/4/20/frances-covid-19-failures-are-the-result-of-decades-of-austerity
And Germany https://www.ft.com/content/85c06c2d-2c80-4e94-a792-1539ad306a5b
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-bundestag-mask-scandal/
And across Europe https://www.occrp.org/en/coronavirus/europes-covid-19-spending-spree-unmasked'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world' - 5 October 2023 15:16382780HS2 will not be extended to Euston unless enough private investment is secured
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/05/hs2-not-extend-euston-without-private-funding - Jan Higgins
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5 October 2023 17:10382781HS2 was really just for a few business people who since lockdown have probably discovered they no longer need as many trips to London.
However I wonder how many forcibly moved media people now based up north are the reason it is still dominating the news.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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5 October 2023 18:11382783Meanwhile in China.
?t=iS6VHZpLuuKsvvWvwuvQuQ&s=19'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world' - Captain Haddock
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5 October 2023 23:42382786If only Isambard Kingdom Brunel had scrapped the GWR beyond Bristol and terminated the other end at West Drayton rather than Paddington they could have spent the money saved improving turnpikes countrywide to improve transport.
It's a no brainer when you think about it.'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world' - Button
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6 October 2023 07:00382787Yeah, but Box Tunnel - bit of a vanity project, don't you think?Captain Haddock likes this(Not my real name.) - 6 October 2023 08:37382788Meanwhile, in Japan.....
- Captain Haddock
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6 October 2023 09:18382792Fifty years of bullet trains in Japan
https://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/webmagazine/2014/11/shinkansen.html
And the idiots are about to sell off all the compulsorily purchased land on the route to stop anyone building HS2 in the near future .................................'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world' - Captain Haddock
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20 December 2023 19:32383445
But I thought HS2 was to free up the track for freight?
Still, mustn't waste the money saved.
'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world' - Keith Sansum1
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12 January 2024 08:49383574Of you keep borrowing the debt risesALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
