BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[briantrumpet]

If this is the level of his journalism he needs to be careful what he wishes for.

As someone else observed, he used to be a moderately amusing standard political sketch-writer, but seems to have been radicalised by working at the Telegraph, or exposure to X, or something.

 

[Psamathe]

HS2 bill could rise to £102bn with first trains delayed until 2039, government admits
The HS2 high-speed railway will now cost up to £102.7bn and trains will not start running between London and Birmingham until as late as 2039, the government has admitted – £70bn more and 13 years later than originally promised.

The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, said that the truncated railway would not be entirely completed until as late as 2043.

To me this highlights the unaccountability of politicians. Their promises, our money, driven by politicians and what I'd call a massive failure yet many of those responsible now enjoying lucrative non-exec roles.

Even if they were still in our legaislature best we'd get is "I take full responsibility, end of story, nothing changes".

 

[secretsqirrel]

Great question, Michael! How about asking whether they should also be sterilised too, while you're on a roll?

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If they had done that for the Brexit referendum we would still be in EU.

 

[C R]

I sometimes ride past the sign for Drugger's End, and have wondered what I would find there.