Quote Originally Posted by Heisenberg View Post
What about £100,000,000,000 which is what they are projecting its costs as being? How is that money being spent on a high speed railway in England going to benefit the taxpayer? Is £100bn going to be the final cost or will it keep growing exponentially as it has done so far?

Sorry, I've got a lot of questions about how idiotic I think this 'project' is.
Benefit the taxpayer? Increased connections, faster travel mean more attractive for companies to locate outside South East bubble for example... stimulate economy midlands / north etc...