In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

.... the path the UK is heading down in becoming a tax haven for large corporate's is heavy spending in my eyes.

especially since many of them only pay a fraction of their UK trading profits in corporation tax, whatever the rate

agreed, ironically planned upgrades on east midland lines have been cancelled as unaffordable, yet they not even 1% of the cost of HS2, its madness.

The reason HS2 is approved is it helps rich londoners travel north.

Why would rich Londoners need to go north ? And by train with the great unwashed !

Yes HS2 is a waste of money.