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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is no way the government pull the plug at this stage. The only course is to shake that magic money tree and get it done at any cost. As usual.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To get things back on track (heh, on track, see what I did there?), I anticipate some especially juicy contracts going to newly forged 'construction' companies set up by Tory donors.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s the problem with estimating the cost of these projects, they never really take into account all the corruption and backhanders.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They will cancel the bit to crewe and the East Midlands and Euston and call a train line from hounslow.to Birmingham as hs2 deliverd missing out on all the vital capacity upgrade to wcml, midland line and eastern that it would actually help.with