Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has confirmed in the Commons that HS2 will be delayed yet again. The railway line between London and Birmingham won’t be finished by 2033 as promised. It’s been kicked into the long grass for at least another two years…
Guido was the first to report five months ago that the stretch from Old Oak Common to Birmingham Curzon Street was going to being delayed by several years. Alexander blamed a “litany of failure” for the ballooning cost – now £37 billion over budget – yet insisted ministers are now “turning the page on infrastructure failures.” No word on when the line will be completed, or how much more the taxpayer will have to fork out for it. This project was off the rails from the start…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”