Manchesters Bürgermeister Andy Burnham: Ohne HS2-Bahnverbindungen droht dem Norden ein „Armageddon“

It’s not just HS2, Rachel Reeves has cancelled the whole [Restoring Your Railway project](https://archive.is/owDuM#selection-457.0-457.22) which is supposed to build a lot of railways in the North, around Sheffield, York, North Wales, and so on. Public transport is desperately needed here but this is just another example of Westminster axing plans to bring the North up to parity with the South.

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“Why do they need high speed rail? Can’t they just borrow their billionaire mates Bentley? Or if they really need to get there quick just borrow a billionaires helicopter?”

Two Tier Kier (probably)

Before all the cultists pipe up demanding a source, it’s just a joke.

I know there is no evidence of him or labour accepting travel.

Just clothes, glasses outfits for his wife NYC apartments for his son and work mates etc.

He loves his big dramatic statements. Case of the histrionics that one.

Impressive hyperbole. We’ve managed without all this time without nuking ourselves from orbit 😂 also the last time I checked his beloved Manchester was doing alright for itself anyway.

Plus it was only really going to benefit Manchester and maybe Leeds. Anywhere north of that was being ignored, as always.

(And yes, before anyone says it, we would have benefited in a roundabout way by freeing up and / or increasing capacity on the ECML but we weren’t getting any new shiny trains in Newcastle).

Didn’t you know that the world doesn’t exist outside of London , doesn’t matter where you are , everywhere else outside of London could just be one big housing estate and whoever was in government would be okay with that.

The only way any schemes like this would get funding is if there was some benefit to mass investment in the UK.

The same reason why Rishi wouldn’t penalise the energy industry as he wanted their investment in the North Sea.

Want favourable coverage in the media , then you court the likes of Rupert Murdoch.

You could argue Elon Musk has some power to influence opinion with his bough soapbox , he could cause mass insurrection in America , and as long as he has controlling interest in the likes of space x , he’s not going to have anything occur to him.

What they do care about , regardless of which party is sitting there, is keeping key institutions happy , otherwise anything they push for is much harder .

They are not for the people . I

People often complain about their local MP’s since the GE, but at the end of the day they’re being required to vote by the whip , at the cost of not getting what they need or want tabled ordering the whip