Mick Harper
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It says something about HS2 that, even at this late stage, such a sensible figure as Simon Jenkins is putting in a good word for Nigel Farage's advice to 'just walk away'. Since HS2 isn't exactly the first piece of infrastructure in being being overblown, over-budget and over here, it is time to take a deep breath and say
| No more big projects whatsoever. We can't do 'em. |
no nuclear power stations
no public/private hospitals
no turnkey super-prisons
no estuarial bridges
no trunk motorways
no new railroads
no national sports stadiums
no urban tram systems
no... whatever I've forgotten
If private companies want to spend their money building big stuff that's all right by me. I hope they do. And that might include things like giant offshore windfarms and a new electricity grid. I hope it does. But otherwise let's all listen to Nancy Reagan and just say no. Preferably before they ask. Experience suggests it's already too late if it gets that far.
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