Luke McDonnell
On Moderation
- Joined
- 20 Mar 2019
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As previously stated earlier in this thread I will be very disappointed if phase2/2a is cancelled or paused politically I am a pragmatic individual I was very disappointed with Brexit when it happened and I voted remain but I did eventually come around to accepting the result and have accepted future moves to rejoin the EU may take a long time and only after another referendum ideally with large majority in favour of re-joining but looking at the likes of Gareth Dennis's channel (I know he has left wing political views but he is an engineer not a politically minded guy who is more likely to take it from a pragmatic perspective) I totally understand the whole business case for HS2 is based on capacity rather than speed Gareth explained that scrapping the eastern leg was bad enough but scrapping the Manchester leg would mean that Manchester/Merseyside will not benefit from the capacity release either which means that we will not get the benefits of more local services and freight services on the classic network - I really hope that what has been said is not true and if it is confirmed I will be writing to my (Labour) MP and demanding a reply and confirmation that Labour commit to the project considering the high probability that they will be in government within a year Labour must commit IMO otherwise they will not be serious about levelling up the north of England anyway do you think this is a given normally I am not known for ranting on about things but dropping commitment to the next leg of HS2 is a step to far and in my opinion if anyone on here is pro HS2 for its benefits if these rumours are true/confirmed IMO you muse write/email your MP whatever their party maybe we will be able to get some momentum going.