12th January 2012, 02:55 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:I guess it depends where you think the south starts....16bn of the cost of this project is for the links between Birmingham and Leeds/Manchester....to my mind that has always been the Midlands!!
Depends where you are, to my mind the Midlands is part of the south.
I know the scheme is supposed to be connecting to 'the North', but I saw something that said that wouldn't be completed until 2026. They would be better off spending the money teaching everyone in the country to speak fluent Chinese, or at least the words 'I surrender'.