Campaigners begin planning on HS2 appeal

10:20am Monday 11th February 2013 in News By Andy Carswell

Campaigners begin planning on HS2 appeal Campaigners begin planning on HS2 appeal

HS2 campaigners say they are ready to launch an appeal if a high profile Judicial Review into the project doesn't go their way.

The judgements from the High Court hearings, which took place in December, are due to be announced soon. A leading judge is to rule on, among other things, whether the project's consultation and business case were carried out properly.

Campaigners in the Chiltern district say they are prepared to continue the fight even if the Judicial Review finds in favour of HS2 Ltd and the Department for Transport.

The announcement was made on Saturday as a new campaign shop was launched in Amersham.

The town's MP Cheryl Gillan told the Bucks Free Press at the shop opening: "I've heard from at least one part of the campaign against HS2 that they are already geared up to go for an appeal.

"There's a long way to go. There's a huge fight on our hands. This is a matter of principle and protection. If I can't defeat this project and the principle of it, I need to make sure we have the highest level of protection in terms of mitigation."

Comments (3)

12:55pm Mon 11 Feb 13

sparky49 says...

This is getting boring now. It will be built, so stop wasting everybody's time and money by fighting it. It's a bit like trying hold back the tide.
This is getting boring now. It will be built, so stop wasting everybody's time and money by fighting it. It's a bit like trying hold back the tide. sparky49

9:08pm Mon 11 Feb 13

kingsnewclothes says...

sparky49 wrote:
This is getting boring now. It will be built, so stop wasting everybody's time and money by fighting it. It's a bit like trying hold back the tide.
I bet there were people who said the same thing in the war. That Hitler's bound to win so let's give up now.

It's £ 39 billion we haven't got , it harms ten of thousands of people and is based on a fundamentally flawed rationale. Of course people will carry on fighting. The chances that HS2 will be built probably is better than 50 / 50 but it is far from a done deal. You only needed to see the reaction of the Question Time audience last week ( from Lancaster ! ) to see that HS2 does NOT have general public support.
[quote][p][bold]sparky49[/bold] wrote: This is getting boring now. It will be built, so stop wasting everybody's time and money by fighting it. It's a bit like trying hold back the tide.[/p][/quote]I bet there were people who said the same thing in the war. That Hitler's bound to win so let's give up now. It's £ 39 billion we haven't got , it harms ten of thousands of people and is based on a fundamentally flawed rationale. Of course people will carry on fighting. The chances that HS2 will be built probably is better than 50 / 50 but it is far from a done deal. You only needed to see the reaction of the Question Time audience last week ( from Lancaster ! ) to see that HS2 does NOT have general public support. kingsnewclothes

10:12pm Mon 11 Feb 13

padav says...

kingsnewclothes wrote:
sparky49 wrote:
This is getting boring now. It will be built, so stop wasting everybody's time and money by fighting it. It's a bit like trying hold back the tide.
I bet there were people who said the same thing in the war. That Hitler's bound to win so let's give up now.

It's £ 39 billion we haven't got , it harms ten of thousands of people and is based on a fundamentally flawed rationale. Of course people will carry on fighting. The chances that HS2 will be built probably is better than 50 / 50 but it is far from a done deal. You only needed to see the reaction of the Question Time audience last week ( from Lancaster ! ) to see that HS2 does NOT have general public support.
@kingsnewclothes: "I bet there were people who said the same thing in the war. That Hitler's bound to win so let's give up now."

@kingsnewclothes
The fact that you consider this type of analogy even remotely appropriate says it all - it seems that the level of gross exaggeration, on the part of anti-HS2 naysayers, knows no reasonable bounds.

It's not only got boring - it's now become simply laughable to bear witness to the "end of the world as we know it - the sky is falling in" rhetoric routinley indulged in by those implaccably opposed to this long overdue project. What next I ask - perhaps you should go the whole hog and start a recruitment drive for some kind of "Home Guard" volunteer force to man the barricades with pitch forks at the ready to repel all boarders when the first hard hats appear on site?

You do your case no favours whatsoever by the use of such emotive terminology - far more effective would be to engage in constructive dialogue about how to deliver the best possible mitigation for individuals and communities.
[quote][p][bold]kingsnewclothes[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]sparky49[/bold] wrote: This is getting boring now. It will be built, so stop wasting everybody's time and money by fighting it. It's a bit like trying hold back the tide.[/p][/quote]I bet there were people who said the same thing in the war. That Hitler's bound to win so let's give up now. It's £ 39 billion we haven't got , it harms ten of thousands of people and is based on a fundamentally flawed rationale. Of course people will carry on fighting. The chances that HS2 will be built probably is better than 50 / 50 but it is far from a done deal. You only needed to see the reaction of the Question Time audience last week ( from Lancaster ! ) to see that HS2 does NOT have general public support.[/p][/quote]@kingsnewclothes: "I bet there were people who said the same thing in the war. That Hitler's bound to win so let's give up now." @kingsnewclothes The fact that you consider this type of analogy even remotely appropriate says it all - it seems that the level of gross exaggeration, on the part of anti-HS2 naysayers, knows no reasonable bounds. It's not only got boring - it's now become simply laughable to bear witness to the "end of the world as we know it - the sky is falling in" rhetoric routinley indulged in by those implaccably opposed to this long overdue project. What next I ask - perhaps you should go the whole hog and start a recruitment drive for some kind of "Home Guard" volunteer force to man the barricades with pitch forks at the ready to repel all boarders when the first hard hats appear on site? You do your case no favours whatsoever by the use of such emotive terminology - far more effective would be to engage in constructive dialogue about how to deliver the best possible mitigation for individuals and communities. padav

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