High Speed 2: Cruise Control ft. Gareth Dennis
Gareth Dennis from Rail Natter returns to the fold to discuss the debacle around the cancellation, uncancellation, rerouting, and re-rerouting of Britain's much maligned High Speed Two line. We posit that the purpose of the line itself is to generate consultation papers, and everyone would rather have just not put a spade in the ground.
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Comments (22)
fox actually didn’t even hit 2% of the vote, he got 1.9%, less than 1% more than Count Binface (who outvoted UKIP 10k votes, and piers corbyn by 4k)
that election helped me get less scared of the british far right because it helped remind me that there’s only about 6 of them who actually care
Looking forward to Keir announcing that HS2 will be replaced by a hyperloop
I appreciate Gareth trying to imply autism and Alice just leaping on the grenade
I'm listening to this episode while waiting for my flu/COVID shot and one of the questions was have you suffered a brain bleed recently. The whole HS2 discussion certainly feels like one.
Graeme Leghands
Fuck me, lads and lasses: that was the most depressing TF yet.
Gareth jesus, m8 slow down
if I slowed down the podcast would be three hours long
Obviously this is terrible for the country. But it has given us good podcast content. So who's to say if it's really so bad
Dancing in the moonlight, everybody’s feeling warm and bright. Such a fine and natural sight.
Tbh, I was waiting for the moment during Tory party conference where they all took off their human skin suits and let their true Lovecraftian tentacle'd forms have a bit of a stretch and flop about.
TF should definitely have a rail line, perhaps call it TFL (Trash Future Limited)
Love that Britain is accidentally doing community policing
the joke at the end there is even funnier to me knowing that many 1960s politicians did genuinely believe in that idea as the future of transport lmao
This infrastructure plan sounds awfully familiar to Americans. You guys aren’t just importing right-wing grievance politics from us, you’re getting the whole hog (gammon?)
I was ranting myself about the cancellation of HS2 yesterday trying to get from South West Wales back to Newcastle. I know I wouldn’t be able to get a train still in that trip, but fuck me the M6 and M62 are absolutely rammed packed full of cars. Just 1 more lane huh? No put some of these people on a train so I can make my weird car journey in a bit more peace.
i feel like someone should tell Gareth that he can take the time for a full breath! great ep
Listening to this on the west coast mainline is weird vibe 🥲
clenching my teeth, white knuckling my arm rests etc as Alice describes the Titanic as a cruise ship
this is what the people want to hear
yay Gareth!