The BBC is now reporting that the government won't be paying for #HS2 to be connected through to central London, so the project will need to find the money from private backers if wants that section to be built.

Outstanding work from the government - they have turned an essential, vital piece of infrastructure into a regional rail line from Birmingham to the outskirts of London.

#UKpol #Railways 

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It's 2025 and the HS2 Rickshaw track from Old Oak common to Milton Keynes has been delayed until private funding can be found for the tires on the fifty rickshaws which are now projected to cost a hundred billion pounds. Each.

Ministers insist that private ownership of the means of transport is the most efficient possible form of organisation.