Yorkshire Post columnist comes down against HS2

On 7 July, Yorkshire Post columnist Jayne Dowle was unequivocal that the proposed HS2 high-speed rail network was poor value for money. “When you look at HS2 in the context of everything else that the UK needs right now, in the cold light of 2017, it seems like an indulgence,” she began. “The problem is that this ambitious plan was conceived and sketched out in what seems like a different age. This was before Brexit. Before Scotland threatened to break with the rest of the United Kingdom. Before the ferocity of domestic terrorism took hold. And before we ended up with a General Election and a Prime Minister in charge with such a fragile grasp on power. “I’m just an ordinary person, not the Prime Minister,“ Dowle added. “However, if you put me... continue