Nobody will remember the budget when the thing is up and running. Nor the here-today-gone-tomorrow politicians. A lot of the Victorian railway entrepreneurs whose names are long forgotten went bust building the very same infrastucture that we rely on to this day. And how often did the Channel...
It's the Southern leg of HS2 that should be scrapped completely IMHO. It's the North of England that needs a proper joined-up modern train service worthy of the name