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Originally Posted by Mr K
chronic waste of money that could cripple this country for decades. So many better uses
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personal and family responsibility.
bottomless pit that needs reform, you could put in the amount HS2 would cost
every year and it would still need more the way is it currently run.
. Jobs, and investment creating more jobs. Investment in Birmingham was already on the up. Certainty will now accelerate that. People need jobs not handouts.
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the crumbling branch lines in the North
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is part of the deal.
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flood and coastal defence.
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already been 30million spent in the Calder Valley and that did great at the weekend. This whole area needs a rethink.
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Seems more like a trophy piece, for a spoilt rich boys train set.
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It seems to a Labour way of thinking to invest in large capital projects that improve the nations connectivity.
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At this time, there was general political support for new motorways, although there were occasional protests about individual schemes. This situation continued into the 1970s (Figure 14), by which time the Labour Party, initially in London and subsequently nationally, became increasingly hostile to major road schemes.
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