Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I understand those things are important to you, but he has had rather a lot on (in case you hadn’t noticed), and hasn’t served the full term for which he was elected.

HS2 is not ridiculous.Updating the transport infrastructure of our country is important. Our existing roads and railways are antiquated compared with other prosperous countries in the world. We can’t expect to compete in the modern world by continuing to look ‘quaint’.

I look at what he has achieved and what he was aspiring to achieve. The tittle-tattle that has preoccupied people on this forum was unimportant in the scheme of things.