But you said yourself that this could go on for a lot longer than a year so what do we do if we've cancelled HS2 and the £100 billion has been dished out, only to find ourselves in the same position 12 months later?
Besides, cancelling HS2 at this stage isn't a realistic option. Billions and billions have already been spent on it, plenty of work has already been done, contracts signed, etc, so cancelling it now will cost billions more which no doubt would then be passed onto the taxpayer. Oh, and thousands of jobs will be lost. It's also short-sighted to say that the only benefit of HS2 is that we can get to London half an hour quicker. This country has been crying out for a decent high speed rail link between London and the major UK cities for decades, and many European countries shit all over us in that regard. HS2 - once it is up and running - will be capable of providing up to 18 trains an hour to and from London which is a huge increase on what we have today. It will also more than pay for itself over time so the idea that it is £100 billion spunked into thin air simply isn't true. We're forever berating the short-sightedness of the government (be it this one or previous ones) but then when they do actually come up with a long-term project like this - and one that is backed by all 3 main political parties - people still aren't happy.
