RE: HS2... or how to waste £100 000 000 000 (lie to parliament!)

We frequently drive past a section of it near Towcester, on the route between the M40 and Northampton which seems to be taking forever to construct. What a shameful state of affairs it’s become and it’s going to make very little difference anyway, just 20 minutes less to get to Birmingham from somewhere not in Central London, meaning people would still use older lines to get to Midlands or just drive instead, because the cost of tickets are so high.