Recent content by willsmadeit

Oh dear. It looks like the current Minister will be forced to continue to show his "care, compassion and respect" to all those unfortunates who happen to live on the line of the proposed HS2 Ltd's very expensive white elephant

A real bugbear in trying to "negotiate" with HS2 Ltd is that they expect the claimant or, in this case, their hard pressed advisor to run the risk and fairly considerable costs of applying to the local planning authority for planning consent for the replacement steading. And even then, Lord...

It is too late, of course, for "reasoned debate" now that the scheme has Royal Assent. I came across the crowing of some of your correspondents last week and found that "unreasonable". Please remember that the scheme will destroy businesses and lives along the route. I act for farming...

Yawn... we have heard this all before. This is needed for extra capacity. "the misery it is causing to farmers, land and property owners in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire." - This reeks of sour grapes.. not offered enough money or not offered any money?? You are a NIMBY of the highest order...

In the week when the disastrous HS2 project achieved Royal Assent, is it too late to ask that there might be a reality check carried out at the top levels of Government? The original rationale for this Utopian abomination was to take 20 minutes off the journey time between London and...