HS2 route announcement produces mixed reviews on soundness of idea

The media’s reaction to the Government’s announcement on high-speed rail in late January was varied, but perhaps with something of a bias towards negative stories.

The front civer of the Times on 28 January

The front civer of the Times on 28 January

THE ANNOUNCEMENT by the Government of the route of the proposed high-speed rail network north of Birmingham led to substantial media coverage, much of which was focused on the likelihood of what The Times referred to as “a grassroots Tory rebellion”. “Many Conservative councils and politicians whose rural constituencies are cut in half by the proposed route are adamantly opposed,” the paper explained on 28 January. “Critics predict that opposition will spread north...

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