tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post1915880005495327409..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Peter Mandelson and HS2: Beware of Mr BakerJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-52831302784357510132013-07-03T21:25:06.916+01:002013-07-03T21:25:06.916+01:00If HS2 is really going to transform the North, the...If HS2 is really going to transform the North, then why not HS3 to South Wales, HS4 to East Anglia, HS5 to Cornwall etc etc etc?railwaymangwynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-30365794449715524412013-07-03T20:13:20.639+01:002013-07-03T20:13:20.639+01:00The reason for Lord Mandelson's volte face on ...The reason for Lord Mandelson's volte face on HS2 is obvious. His close personal friends, Jacob and Serena Rothschild, have their principal residence at Eythrope Park, which immediately abuts the proposed HS2 route. Some of us will recall that a generation ago, the Heath government rejected the recommendation of the Roskill Commission to build a Third London Airport in Buckinghamshire and opted to build it in Essex instead. The proposed site just happened to be close to Ascott House, the principal residence of Sir Evelyn Rothschild. Both are/were dreadful schemes, and I delight in the fact that one was scuppered and the other is about to be. Nonetheless, I disapprove on principle of the ultra-rich having this kind of influence on government decision-making.Sesenconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-86676868927187897692013-07-03T17:36:16.696+01:002013-07-03T17:36:16.696+01:00Meanwhile, we could turn round the economies of pl...Meanwhile, we could turn round the economies of places like Wisbech at a tiny fraction of the cost of HS2.Lorna Duprenoreply@blogger.com