• Big_Twerp@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    So tell me you don’t understand without saying you don’t understand.

    The HS2 act, which effectively set the costs (known, unknown and unknowable) was passed by a Tory government desperate not to upset their financial backers in the Home Counties.

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        1 year ago

        Double down on your ignorance by all means. The company is a government owned entity that does as it’s told by the government, and is bound the act. It existed well before the budget was set and well before things like land compensation were agreed.

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          1 year ago

          Just to be clear, you think it was a good idea to have it set up as a Ltd company funded by the government. OK