Phil Gaskin
@PhilGaskin
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Buckinghamshire
Joined July 2009
Great for Dorset, but what about Buckinghamshire where HS2 is still destroying roads & creating unsafe conditions? @HuwMerriman when will this ridiculous standoff between @HS2ltd & @BucksCouncil get sorted?HS2 must pay for repairs to damage it’s done https://t.co/gqUKq3QTR1
dorsetecho.co.uk
Over £4million is set to bolster Dorset's roads, from the Department for Transport Network North fund
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This is disgusting @HS2ltd. Over 10 years ago #sheephousewoodSSSI was highlighted to you. Clearly, it’s always been your intention to destroy habitat, like all the other #HS2 lies! https://t.co/YVuJDuHP3y
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Has anyone else been scammed by @RoyalMail for counterfeit stamps and charged random amounts to have letters released? One was from my Mum who purchased the stamp from post office. It’s disgusting to think this is happening. It’s happened 2 times now Suspect local sorting office
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New plans for HS2 money will bring ‘higher fares and congestion’ for decades, say rail experts - The Guardian
apple.news
Rail experts say predicted passenger congestion north of Birmingham will mean ticket price rises to reduce demand
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The government is finally admitting the costs of HS2 are likely to exceed the benefits. It's absolutely scandalous that ministers refused to cancel the project years ago, despite being warned repeatedly by independent economists. https://t.co/dtaHxBz1OR
#HS2
beleben.wordpress.com
Taking an estimated range for the total costs of phase 1 of HS2 and assessing them against the estimatedtotal benefits (i.e. including sunk costs and excluding remediation costs) would result in a …
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Time for Britain to cut its losses and axe HS2
telegraph.co.uk
This vanity project is not the answer to improving Britain's connectivity
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Even #HS2's defenders are abandoning it. Rishi Sunak, it's time to follow suit | Simon Jenkins
theguardian.com
Only political expediency has kept this terrible mistake on the rails. Pull the brakes – and save Britain billions, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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If he wants a referendum on HS2, not sure he’d get the answer he’s looking for… with latest poll showing only 8% strongly support the monster! #stophs2 #scraphs2
Burnham says HS2 should be put to the people. Tells @timesradio: "They shouldn't really be taking this decision without calling a general election because it would just not be right for them to do what they're reportedly planning to do when they do not have a mandate to do it."
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Filming with @brennannicholls for @BBCSouthNews on why the government should scrap all of HS2, including phase 1, with a backdrop of HS2’s devastation and waste near Sedrup, Hartwell and Stone. This madness needs to stop.
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The exorbitantly overpriced HS2 project should never have been approved in the first place, but it needs to be stopped now: https://t.co/F6AZCGsIvC
#HS2
telegraph.co.uk
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Instead of killing HS2 bit by bit, ministers should just put it out of its misery | Simon Jenkins #HS2 #Politics #Railtransport #Transport #UKnews
https://t.co/BsUaZCAdRL
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#hs2 @TransportCttee “Bob Pragada, head of Fortune 500 engineering consultancy Jacobs, suggested Boris Johnson failed to properly scrutinise data on travelling patterns and demand before he greenlit the controversial train line.”
telegraph.co.uk
Boris Johnson failed to properly scrutinise data before giving project green light, Jacobs boss suggests
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Proud of @BucksCouncil taking firm action to stop HS2 chopping down yet more woodland.
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One of the biggest establishment lies is that HS2 is a green project. In reality, it's harming wildlife, scarring the landscape, polluting the ground, and consuming vast amounts of energy. https://t.co/eH39ZXsNEU
#HS2
bucksfreepress.co.uk
THE COUNCIL has criticised HS2 for the "brutal" cutting down trees in an ancient woodland where breeding birds and rare butterflies live.
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Sheephouse Wood near Steeple Claydon, an ancient woodland and SSSI that Buckinghamshire Council is fighting to protect from #HS2 destruction
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HS2 is causing immense disruption to residents and businesses along the route - and the fact it's an uneconomic vanity project, that will do more harm than good, makes it all the more distressing. https://t.co/Uo4GzU8Zkf
#HS2
bucksfreepress.co.uk
A spokesperson for HS2 Ltd said:
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Has to be the most corrupt public project ever & finally the rug is being pulled.Two years down the line it will probably be shelved indefinitely, just an easy way of saving face by ‘putting it on hold’. Devastated for all those trees felled & areas wiped https://t.co/87rqScIlMw
thetimes.com
EPAThe cost of HS2 has been forced ever upwards by inflation and rising prices for materialsIf you are a train enthusiast hoping to ride HS2 from Manchester to
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If #HS2 is to be "delayed" indefinitely or stopped north of Birmingham, #Lichfield and other areas must be compensated and damage to the land made good. https://t.co/jSqfI0W089
michael.fabricant.mp.co.uk
Commenting on reports that construction of HS2 between Birmingham and Crewe will be “delayed” to save money (see here), Michael Fabricant says:- “I shall be asking the Government whether this delay...
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This is becoming more farcical by the day. We need to have the courage to halt this cash gobbling turkey of a project. 🦃 #StopHS2 @stophs2 @HS2ltd
https://t.co/75tDiHmS41
telegraph.co.uk
Mark Harper, the Transport Secretary, confirmed the delay in a statement to parliament
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