New Posts For Thread: HS2 for or against.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30465481/hs2-for-or-againstSeems like a lot of money to save 20 minutes off London to Birmingham and House of Lords say an unconvincing case for spending £50 billion (which probably means real cost to be about £100 billion).Totally agree and cant see why Teleconferenceing has not become the norm apart from, of couse, the expenses paid jolly.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30465481/hs2-for-or-against?post_id=544085133#544085133Totally agree and cant see why Teleconferenceing has not become the norm apart from, of couse, the expenses paid jolly.Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:41:22 -0500Don't need it, don't want vast sums of taxpayers' money going on white elephant projects to enrich banks and other big businesses, while proles dig holes. Can't afford it.I thought teleworking/telecommuting using fast internet etc was the future, nohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30465481/hs2-for-or-against?post_id=544084801#544084801Don't need it, don't want vast sums of taxpayers' money going on white elephant projects to enrich banks and other big businesses, while proles dig holes. Can't afford it.I thought teleworking/telecommuting using fast internet etc was the future, noThu, 26 Mar 2015 11:20:24 -0500There is a capacity problem on the London - North lines. The question is how many of these passengers would HS2 take away from the other two lines?I should imagine the vast majority of these passengers using the two lines at the present aren't doinghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30465481/hs2-for-or-against?post_id=544081329#544081329There is a capacity problem on the London - North lines. The question is how many of these passengers would HS2 take away from the other two lines?I should imagine the vast majority of these passengers using the two lines at the present aren't doingThu, 26 Mar 2015 05:20:25 -0500Generally speaking, we have underinvested in infrastructure since the motorways were built.A lot of it is down to de-nationalisation.We don't expect buildings to last indefinitely, but we seem to think we can make do and mend infrastructure.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30465481/hs2-for-or-against?post_id=544080701#544080701Generally speaking, we have underinvested in infrastructure since the motorways were built.A lot of it is down to de-nationalisation.We don't expect buildings to last indefinitely, but we seem to think we can make do and mend infrastructure.Thu, 26 Mar 2015 03:37:02 -0500The last thing this country needs is another motorway and more roads. This only encourages people to use cars with all the problems that brings. Remember how the M25 was going to solve a lot of problems before it was built. Now it has turned into a ghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30465481/hs2-for-or-against?post_id=544080653#544080653The last thing this country needs is another motorway and more roads. This only encourages people to use cars with all the problems that brings. Remember how the M25 was going to solve a lot of problems before it was built. Now it has turned into a gThu, 26 Mar 2015 03:31:27 -0500There is a capacity problem on the routes between London, Birmingham and Manchester. Anybody who travels that route is aware of it. Do nothing and things get progressively worse.So what do you do about it? Build another motorway or build a railway lihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30465481/hs2-for-or-against?post_id=544078117#544078117There is a capacity problem on the routes between London, Birmingham and Manchester. Anybody who travels that route is aware of it. Do nothing and things get progressively worse.So what do you do about it? Build another motorway or build a railway liWed, 25 Mar 2015 18:28:44 -0500Through ** ffshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30465481/hs2-for-or-against?post_id=544074253#544074253Through ** ffsWed, 25 Mar 2015 13:23:46 -0500NO Straight the golf course I play regularBe alright once its built its the building of it that will be the problem.....................https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30465481/hs2-for-or-against?post_id=544074235#544074235NO Straight the golf course I play regularBe alright once its built its the building of it that will be the problem.....................Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:23:02 -0500Yes the thought of an extra 20 minutes in London fills me with dread.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30465481/hs2-for-or-against?post_id=544073341#544073341Yes the thought of an extra 20 minutes in London fills me with dread.Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:01:40 -0500to...nowhere any sane person would want to visithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30465481/hs2-for-or-against?post_id=544073093#544073093to...nowhere any sane person would want to visitWed, 25 Mar 2015 11:49:12 -0500