I have already made clear my views on both HS2 and fat cats:
A woman scorned
The banksters are not Jonathan and Charlotte
A small victory in Barnet
It is now reported that HS2 is squarely in the hands of fat cats. Its chief executive Alison Munro is earning ten thousand pounds per month of your money, while its newly appointed chairman is going to be paid nearly SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS each year - and once again it's your money (or at least it was).
Alison Munro has claimed that HS2 does not need a blank cheque, but I for one do not believe her. Are we to assume that the overpaid Munro and the obscenely overpaid Higgins will inevitably work together to ensure that HS2 does not exceed its budget?
If you believe that, as the Duke of Wellington once said, you'll believe anything.
Higgins has urged cross-party support for HS2, but any political party with any sense will pledge to scrap it.
Along with a military campaign to ad to ones CV , it seems that PM's now find it conducive to ones post political career to add a rediculous oversized fairground attraction, London Eye, Dome and now the Train Ride. Wouldn't it have been more prudent to use the money to fix the existing road and rail network?
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