High speed silliness for £30 billion

The proposed high-speed rail link from London to Birmingham is madness,

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It involves a bankrupt country spending £30,000 million in order that passengers may arrive in Brum at noon instead of 20 minutes past noon.

Take it from me, 20 extra minutes in Birmingham is simply not worth the money.

Now we are told this bill will rise as the state starts shelling out for people whose homes may be blighted by the line.

If the Coalition is serious about saving money, it should start by abandoning this monstrously silly project.