I'm not overtly political these days, I'm still a Socialist at heart, sharp satire and quiet tutting tends to see me through. But this High Speed Rail link which is planned to go right through the Chilterns, prime rambing country and an AONB to boot has really got my end up.
Some rumours I've heard are that the 20 mins journey saved will then be lost by the commute from the new station outside Central Birmingham, it will be carbon neutral as opposed to reducing carbon, I should imagine not building it would have the same carbon emission effect; and that there isn't any money to build it anyway. So why fucking bother and ruin this amazing area.
This isn't case of Nimby-ism, as I live in London.
Stop HS2 Campaign here
John Craven on Countryfile here
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