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why is some construction work for infrastructure called "vandalism". this is why we can get things done in this country. also funny how noise on how terrible HS2 will be has been replaced by noise on how terrible cancelling HS2 will be. protest against always makes more noise than support.

that was my orginal theory, expecting a "tada!" announcement during the conferance. its shifted to "taking time to look at" so unlikely anything this week.

does anyone think HS2 non-decision is simply a distraction for media and public to chew on and burn time, rather than other issues? just seen BBC Breakfast burning time trying to get an decision out of him and wonder what else they could have been asking about.

of course Simon Jenkins is opposed, has been forever. he's King Nimby and would be against new links between northern towns too, probably anti upgrades without a rewilding programme. he knows you dont get a special budget for "improve the old track" outside the regular spending, and there's no...

there's the problem, you cant simply throw out the court cases, have to follow due process. we're constantly hamstung by our law around this. to my mind only two major projects have completed on time, Olympics and Millenium Dome, because there was broad support, clear deadline and proper...

add suspected under estimates to get the project approval or win the contract. also, according to BiL working on Crossrail, too many project managers and foreman, people not doing anything but checking the engineers doing something. there's a meme for this. though i'm not sure these are...

vaguely recall that line is straight and fast because they wanted to be able to get mail London-Edinburgh overnight. many bits of network have corners every few miles as they swerve Earl Tufton's estate who wouldn't give permission, or deliberatly go through Lower Bessington because Lord...

too much focus on arguments about whether to spend, headline costs, rather than enquire how the fudge it cost so much. it's also odd how a project that was near universally* backed a decade ago now isn't, just because the costs are getting high. if we want infrastructure, rail capacity it's...