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This piece, by @joncstone and via @JonnElledge, is great, and has finally explained to me the advantage of HS2 independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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Jon Stone
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Cheers Ian!
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Ian Dunt
@IanDunt
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Extraordinary thing is it really isn't so difficult to explain or even to reduce to a one-sentence argument. Fact they are either too unimaginative or incompetent to do so speaks volumes.
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Crewman Number Guy
@Atrios
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I mean this politely but as an engaged politics knower how did you not know
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Jonn Elledge
@JonnElledge
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To be fair, if you're not a transport nerd, there's no reason you'd necessarily have looked into it
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Dungralung
@dungralung
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It's not going to cost £55 billion, they've just admitted over £80 billion latest estimate. If capacity is the main objective, why the obsession with speed? If they reduced the speed a little they could avoid a lot of demolitions, loss of habitat and reduce environmental impact.
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Hugh Jaeger
@HughJaeger
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DfT now admits HS2 might cost £88bn. @tonyberkeley1 got @mbpcworldwide to check HS2's sums. Byng reckons way over £100bn. Neither @joncstone nor @IanDunt has a fraction of Byng & Berkeley's rail expertise. HS2's BCR is negligible. It won't be CO2 neutral for decades. @stophs2!
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Simon Cross
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There's an error in the first sentence. The cost of #HS2 has increased but Gov't Ministers have known of its £100bn+ price tag for years. The BCR is less than 1 offering poor value for money. It would foolhardy to proceed.
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Stop HS2
@stophs2
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Apart from the fact it is simply totally incorrect on almost every level. Try this one
I have spent a decade fighting #HS2, and the arguments for it keep getting worse independent.co.uk/voices/hs2-rai…
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Alan Purdom
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If you are serious about climate change then people are going to have to work remotely. Rail may be better than cars but trains burn carbon irrespective of passenger numbers.
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Chris Ward
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They may need to work remotely but people (and especially goods) will still need to travel. You can't email a shipping container from Southampton to Glasgow.
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