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Jumped-up baldy. Editor of http://Politics.co.uk . Host on @RemainiacsCast. Author of Brexit: What The Hell Happens Now? New book, How To Be A Liberal, comes out 2020.

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    Ian Dunt‏Verified account @IanDunt 15 Nov 2019
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    This piece, by @joncstone and via @JonnElledge, is great, and has finally explained to me the advantage of HS2https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hs2-logistics-financial-benefit-controversy-a8937936.html …

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      2. Jon Stone‏Verified account @joncstone 15 Nov 2019
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        Replying to @IanDunt @JonnElledge

        Cheers Ian!

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      3. Ian Dunt‏Verified account @IanDunt 15 Nov 2019
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        Replying to @joncstone @JonnElledge

        Extraordinary thing is it really isn't so difficult to explain or even to reduce to a one-sentence argument. Fact they are either too unimaginative or incompetent to do so speaks volumes.

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      2. Crewman Number Guy‏ @Atrios 15 Nov 2019
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        I mean this politely but as an engaged politics knower how did you not know

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      3. Jonn Elledge‏Verified account @JonnElledge 15 Nov 2019
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        To be fair, if you're not a transport nerd, there's no reason you'd necessarily have looked into it

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      2. Dungralung‏ @dungralung 15 Nov 2019
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        Replying to @IanDunt @joncstone @JonnElledge

        It's not going to cost £55 billion, they've just admitted over £80 billion latest estimate. If capacity is the main objective, why the obsession with speed? If they reduced the speed a little they could avoid a lot of demolitions, loss of habitat and reduce environmental impact.

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      3. Hugh Jaeger‏ @HughJaeger 15 Nov 2019
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        DfT now admits HS2 might cost £88bn. @tonyberkeley1 got @mbpcworldwide to check HS2's sums. Byng reckons way over £100bn. Neither @joncstone nor @IanDunt has a fraction of Byng & Berkeley's rail expertise. HS2's BCR is negligible. It won't be CO2 neutral for decades. @stophs2!

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      1. Simon Cross‏ @sicross2000 15 Nov 2019
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        There's an error in the first sentence. The cost of #HS2 has increased but Gov't Ministers have known of its £100bn+ price tag for years. The BCR is less than 1 offering poor value for money. It would foolhardy to proceed.

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      1. Stop HS2‏Verified account @stophs2 16 Nov 2019
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        Apart from the fact it is simply totally incorrect on almost every level. Try this one I have spent a decade fighting #HS2, and the arguments for it keep getting worsehttps://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hs2-rail-trains-new-line-northern-powerhouse-network-a9054456.html …

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      2. Alan Purdom‏ @modrup 15 Nov 2019
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        If you are serious about climate change then people are going to have to work remotely. Rail may be better than cars but trains burn carbon irrespective of passenger numbers.

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      3. Chris Ward‏ @yorker129_7 15 Nov 2019
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        They may need to work remotely but people (and especially goods) will still need to travel. You can't email a shipping container from Southampton to Glasgow.

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