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Question: Should HS2▸ (The next High Speed line(s)) go ahead as planned, be replaced by the Rees-Mogg idea, or something else?  (Voting closed: October 10, 2018, 15:48:11)
HS2▸ (The next High Speed line(s))  should go ahead as planned - 17 (39.5%)
HS2▸ (The next High Speed line(s))  should be replaced by rail schemes - 21 (48.8%)
HS2▸ (The next High Speed line(s)) should be replaced by a road building program - 0 (0%)
HS2▸ (The next High Speed line(s)) should not happen and taxes be reduced - 0 (0%)
A mixture of the above - 4 (9.3%)
Something else - 0 (0%)
Don't know - 0 (0%)
Don't care - 1 (2.3%)
Total Voters: 43

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« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2018, 19:28:12 »
If Moggies say don't build HS2▸ (The next High Speed line(s))  ………………. what better reason is there than to build HS2  Grin
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« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2018, 19:44:23 »
Quote from: Electric train on October 04, 2018, 19:28:12
If Moggies say don't build HS2▸ (The next High Speed line(s))  ………………. what better reason is there than to build HS2  Grin


If Boris said don't build HS2 then wot !!!!
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« Reply #17 on: October 04, 2018, 21:03:38 »
What if Jezza says no?
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« Reply #18 on: October 04, 2018, 21:07:47 »
Quote from: Sixty3Closure on October 04, 2018, 19:23:09
I'm not convinced its needed but if we are going to build it start in Scotland or the North. At the moment all it feels it will achieve is drawing more people to London and the South East as Birmingham becomes a suburb of London for commuting purposes.

Investing outside of the South East might encourage people and companies to move elsewhere which can only be good for house prices (in that hopefully there would be levelling effect and less demand on the SE).

But the capacity problems are not as severe in the North.  You would not be able to use any extra capacity up there for through trains from the south. 
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« Reply #19 on: October 04, 2018, 21:10:30 »
Quote from: bignosemac on October 04, 2018, 21:03:38
What if Jezza says no?


He'll captain a narrow boat along the canals to the north.

I assume you mean John Prescott (Jezza).
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« Reply #20 on: October 04, 2018, 21:17:18 »
Quote from: martyjon on October 04, 2018, 21:10:30
Quote from: bignosemac on October 04, 2018, 21:03:38
What if Jezza says no?


He'll captain a narrow boat along the canals to the north.

I assume you mean John Prescott (Jezza).

I think you will find that he is referring to Jeremy Corbyn!
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« Reply #21 on: October 04, 2018, 21:21:59 »
Quote from: ellendune on October 04, 2018, 21:17:18
Quote from: martyjon on October 04, 2018, 21:10:30
Quote from: bignosemac on October 04, 2018, 21:03:38
What if Jezza says no?

He'll captain a narrow boat along the canals to the north.

I assume you mean John Prescott (Jezza).

I think you will find that he is referring to Jeremy Corbyn!

Well in that case he'll say nationalize it !!!!
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« Reply #22 on: October 04, 2018, 23:05:43 »
In the interests of clarity, I wish to make it clear that I am not Jacob Rees-Mogg, despite certain scurrilous posts suggesting the contrary.
(neither am I Roger Ford)
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« Reply #23 on: October 05, 2018, 08:02:22 »
Quote from: ellendune on October 04, 2018, 21:17:18
Quote from: martyjon on October 04, 2018, 21:10:30
Quote from: bignosemac on October 04, 2018, 21:03:38
What if Jezza says no?


He'll captain a narrow boat along the canals to the north.

I assume you mean John Prescott (Jezza).

I think you will find that he is referring to Jeremy Corbyn!

May as well be referring to Jeremy Kyle, as he's as likely to have an influence on any such decision as any of the others that have been mentioned!  Wink
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« Reply #24 on: October 05, 2018, 08:45:53 »
Quote from: ellendune on October 04, 2018, 21:07:47
Quote from: Sixty3Closure on October 04, 2018, 19:23:09
I'm not convinced its needed but if we are going to build it start in Scotland or the North. At the moment all it feels it will achieve is drawing more people to London and the South East as Birmingham becomes a suburb of London for commuting purposes.

Investing outside of the South East might encourage people and companies to move elsewhere which can only be good for house prices (in that hopefully there would be levelling effect and less demand on the SE).

But the capacity problems are not as severe in the North.  You would not be able to use any extra capacity up there for through trains from the south. 

Possibly not but it is very underinvested in and slow. If you develop the North and Scotland you may not need all those trains from the South. In my mind improving travel into and around London is only going to encourage more people to work there. Bit like the roads argument.
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« Reply #25 on: October 06, 2018, 08:34:51 »
Quote from: martyjon on October 04, 2018, 19:44:23
Quote from: Electric train on October 04, 2018, 19:28:12
If Moggies say don't build HS2▸ (The next High Speed line(s))  ………………. what better reason is there than to build HS2  Grin


If Boris said don't build HS2 then wot !!!!


Same thing as Heathrow third runway ………………….. if lays down in front of a bulldozer just keep truckin  Grin
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