The case against the high-speed line is, by contrast, widely appreciated. It will run through areas of outstanding natural beauty, spoiling them forever. At a time of painful cuts elsewhere, spending such a large sum on a single project that will only benefit a portion of the country is a criminal waste of scarce resources. We don’t say that the case against the high-speed link is right – only that the case for it has not yet been effectively made. If the project is not to be perceived as another state-sponsored white elephant, that case has to be spelt out very clearly to the people who will end up paying for it: ordinary taxpayers across Britain.Telegraph
f anything represents the peculiar delusions of Obama, it has to be Choo Choo.
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