- Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:03 pm
#190044
I'm on a £1 for 4 weeks subscription. It's very good in places, but as bad as other papers in others. In the last 2 days we've had columns and letters against HS2 which have all failed to mention capacity ("all for 20 minutes off the journey to Birmingham") and talk about how big projects go overbudget, so we should upgrade existing lines. Despite the fact HS1 was on time and budget and upgrading the West Coast Mainline was a disaster. One letter even quoted the Taxpayers Alliance- who, btw, included the cost of Crossrail 2 as being part of HS2. One columnist talked about how investors would be keen to invest in "Boris Airport", as if that were free money. Somehow, I think those Chinese businessmen and Arabian sovereign wealth funds are probably quite tough cookies.
Anyone else look at the FT much?
Anyone else look at the FT much?