Rishi Sunak is finally set to scrap the Manchester leg of HS2 – 17 first-class responses

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The scrapping of HS2 Birmingham to Manchester leg has been announced whilst the Tory conference it taking place in a former train station in Manchester. This building was refurbished with EU funding, see plaque on the building. pic.twitter.com/Mz4AME755h

— Steve Bray on Mastodon @[email protected] (@snb19692) October 2, 2023

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This really is the end for any notion of us functioning as a country. The government is basically saying that it is incapable of delivering a modern rail line. You might as well just fucking give up at that point. Someone turn the lights off on the way out. We’re done.

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) October 2, 2023

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Jeremy Hunt took a half-hour flight from London to Manchester to get to Tory conference. But he thinks HS2 is an expensive luxury.

— David__Osland (@David__Osland) October 2, 2023

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Not sure how these Tories can bear themselves or what they’ve done to our country. They stand in the rubble of their failure insisting they should be congratulated.
Brexit, NHS, HS2, levelling up, transport, sewage, education, economy, reputation…
An endless epic fuck-up.

— sarah murphy (@13sarahmurphy) October 2, 2023

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We have spades on the ground.We have spades on the ground.We have spades on the ground.We have spades on the ground.We have spades on the ground.We have spades on the ground.We have spades on the ground.We have spades on the ground.We have spades on the ground.

— Chris James @[email protected] (@quii) October 2, 2023

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It’s the final f**k you. Like it’s been planned.

“What we’ll do, in the end, once London is hooked up to Birmingham with high speed rail, having quietly shafted Leeds, we’ll go to Manchester, in person, look them in the eye and tell them they fell for it. Hook, line, sinker.” https://t.co/EcNYxzvgOT

— James Mitchinson (@JayMitchinson) October 2, 2023

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To announce this in Manchester is a giant middle finger to the north and a betrayal of the entire levelling up agenda. Ridiculous politics.https://t.co/l2uolilZLM

— Sam Bright (@WritesBright) October 2, 2023

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I think a not inconsiderable extra worry for my fellow Mancunians now is: “Shit. Does that mean all these pricks are stuck here?” https://t.co/26XaI7Vog0

— @[email protected] (@mrchrisaddison) October 2, 2023

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