https://freerepublic.com/tag/zoomzoomchoochoo/ en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2020 21:51:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3836231/posts Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has criticised the government’s plans to proceed with the costly High Speed 2 (HS2) rail link despite the UK facing “the worst economic crisis for 300 years”, calling the decision “sheer madness”. The Department for Transport announced on Wednesday that the government had approved the widely-unpopular HS2 high-speed network, which is projected to cost the British taxpayer more than £100 billion. In the statement, the government said that the go-ahead “provides a vote of confidence in construction companies and the wider supply chain supporting HS2” at a time of economic uncertainty due to the coronavirus... Breitbart.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3836231/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2020 21:51:03 GMT