HS2 gets the green light (From Bucks Free Press)
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HS2 gets the green light
7:50pm Tuesday 10th January 2012
It seems the HS2 railway scheme has been given the green light and its coming to a village near you very soon.
My thoughts go out to those affected by the scheme indeed their lives will never be the same once the noise of the trains clanking past at 250mph shatters the peace of the Chilterns countryside.
Of course just to build the line there will be years of noise and disturbance to contend with first.
Thankfully Wycombe escaped this nightmare indeed if it hadn’t been for the sharp bends at Wycombe station I fear things may have been very different and our town may have been blighted with the terrible menace instead.
Despite thousands of people opposing the scheme their views have been ignored and the scheme has been approved which once more shows the contempt the powers that be have for the opinion of local residents.
Not only are peoples lives going to be ruined but the countryside will be damaged irreparably as well not to mention the disturbance to wildlife along the route.
At a cost of over £33bn this is undoubtedly the largest railway building scheme in decades however there is a difference between the HS2 scheme and the other main lines.
While the GWR, East Coast, West Coast and Great Central railways were constructed using British knowledge and engineering know how the HS2 scheme is likely to have more foreign engineering input than ever before.
Back in the 1970's the development of the world beating InterCity125 showed just what our railways engineers could do but sadly they took a wrong turn and hit the buffers with the leaning Advanced Passenger Train (APT).
Once Britain lead the world in railway engineering but now we are trailing severely behind.
The real shame behind HS2 is that is shows up that foreign countries have overtaken us and we have become second rate in a technology that was invented in this country and exported to the world.
I sometimes wonder why we heed the HS2 at all, indeed in this modern age meetings take place via the newfangled video phones and other modern technology. The age of people meeting face to face is over.
In the Netherlands they also built a very comparable high speed rail service (see link below) and it was a complete flop with passengers preferring to travel on the slower existing routes. Why should our service fare any better?
In my opinion the money would have been better spent on improving the existing railway infrastructure rather then ruining the fine English countryside.
To sum up the construction of HS2 is not only a sad day for the people and wildlife living along the route but its also a sad day for British engineering.
What do you think?
“High-speed rail: A £250m lesson for Britain's rail enthusiasts”: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/9000166/High-speed-rail-A-250m-lesson-for-Britains-rail-enthusiasts.html
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Comments(28)
ivor
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9:18pm Tue 10 Jan 12
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Indeed it certainly is a monster....
Lawrence Linehan
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9:58pm Tue 10 Jan 12
ivor
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10:09pm Tue 10 Jan 12
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I shall see if I can pay them a visit....
mumbles26
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11:36pm Tue 10 Jan 12
Lawrence Linehan wrote:give it a rest, you're becoming very boring now.
Library open tomorrow and late on Thursday and all day Sunday igor – why not go and check up on Biguns in the 1798 Muster Roll for the County of Bucks? Which page and which parish shows the existence of Biguns?
Lawrence Linehan
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11:44pm Tue 10 Jan 12
mumbles26 wrote:Now now grumbles! I am consumed by the desire to learn more about the hitherto-unknown Bigun family.
Lawrence Linehan wrote:give it a rest, you're becoming very boring now.
Library open tomorrow and late on Thursday and all day Sunday igor – why not go and check up on Biguns in the 1798 Muster Roll for the County of Bucks? Which page and which parish shows the existence of Biguns?
Lawrence Linehan
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11:45pm Tue 10 Jan 12
mumbles26 wrote:igor himself is obviously interested as he has promised to see if he can fit in a window to research this.
Lawrence Linehan wrote:give it a rest, you're becoming very boring now.
Library open tomorrow and late on Thursday and all day Sunday igor – why not go and check up on Biguns in the 1798 Muster Roll for the County of Bucks? Which page and which parish shows the existence of Biguns?
Lawrence Linehan
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11:47pm Tue 10 Jan 12
mumbles26 wrote:Aren't YOU interested? (And I am looking forward to his blog on how he maintained his purity and decency despite being young in the 70's.)
Lawrence Linehan wrote:give it a rest, you're becoming very boring now.
Library open tomorrow and late on Thursday and all day Sunday igor – why not go and check up on Biguns in the 1798 Muster Roll for the County of Bucks? Which page and which parish shows the existence of Biguns?
Lawrence Linehan
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11:48pm Tue 10 Jan 12
Lawrence Linehan wrote:Perhaps it was something in his sandwiches.
mumbles26 wrote:Aren't YOU interested? (And I am looking forward to his blog on how he maintained his purity and decency despite being young in the 70's.)
Lawrence Linehan wrote:give it a rest, you're becoming very boring now.
Library open tomorrow and late on Thursday and all day Sunday igor – why not go and check up on Biguns in the 1798 Muster Roll for the County of Bucks? Which page and which parish shows the existence of Biguns?
mumbles26
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11:54pm Tue 10 Jan 12
Lawrence Linehan
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12:24am Wed 11 Jan 12
ivor
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1:45am Wed 11 Jan 12
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Thank you for your support, even though I have answered the question it still keeps being asked.
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I haven't even had a chance to visit the library yet....
ivor
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1:46am Wed 11 Jan 12
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Perhaps you should be patient and show some restraint then you will learn about the long and distinguished lineage of the Biguns of Bucks....
ivor
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1:46am Wed 11 Jan 12
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Indeed I am interested however I lead a busy life so it may take me a while to find a slot in which to visit the library....
ivor
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1:46am Wed 11 Jan 12
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Would you like me to write an entire blog on that topic?
ivor
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1:46am Wed 11 Jan 12
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The only thing in my sandwiches was the filling....
ivor
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1:47am Wed 11 Jan 12
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I don't know why Lawrence doubts my existence either....
ivor
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1:47am Wed 11 Jan 12
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I can assure you that I am not imaginary....
Alberto The Great
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9:55am Wed 11 Jan 12
ivor wrote:You can't assure anyone of anything.
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 12:24am
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I can assure you that I am not imaginary....
Alberto The Great
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10:06am Wed 11 Jan 12
mumbles26 wrote:Mumbles.
Lawrence Linehan wrote:give it a rest, you're becoming very boring now.
Library open tomorrow and late on Thursday and all day Sunday igor – why not go and check up on Biguns in the 1798 Muster Roll for the County of Bucks? Which page and which parish shows the existence of Biguns?
Until the lies from this ogre cease, then the prevarication will continue.
Ivor treats the BFP readership as stupid retards, which is frankly insulting.
I am very surprised that the BFP allows this tripe to continue, but the logic would appear to be based on comment counts. And you'll also note that the comment counts are also erroneously, or should that be artificially inflated by Ivor himself, on almost every blog, to which he refuses point blank to correct by deletion of the duplicated comments.
However, saying this, I'm also sure that Ivor gets some of his many perverted kicks out of this, and to that end, you'll often find his blogs are littered with points upon which to cease.
The writer is an outed pervert, who persists in his quest to cause controversy, and is fully backed by the BFP in his efforts.
jaksmif
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6:18pm Wed 11 Jan 12
ivor
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8:41pm Wed 11 Jan 12
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I can assure you that I can assure the readers that I am not imaginary....
ivor
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8:41pm Wed 11 Jan 12
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I fear you have said many things in your comment that are just not correct....
ivor
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8:41pm Wed 11 Jan 12
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If the HS2 sums up the 21st Century then I would rather the clock was turned back to the 20th Century!
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The people can always reject the line, like in the Netherlands (see link at ten of main blog text), in which case the HS2 will be a white elephant and a total waste of money....
fishyfingers
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6:16pm Thu 12 Jan 12
Lawrence Linehan
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10:05pm Fri 13 Jan 12
mumbles26 wrote:'xx'? I hope you're a woman!
I guess I just don't know why you doubt his existence Lawrence xx
Scarletto
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2:50pm Mon 16 Jan 12
She's let us down and acted shamefully, showing little integrity. Not so long ago she was shamed for claiming for pet food on her Commons expenses.
Then she backed opponents of the new rail route but caved in at the 11th hour to back the costly scheme which will spoil our countryside. She also wanted to toe the line with the rest of her Conservative party and desperately please colleagues there.
Now it seems she's quietly sold her Old Amersham home to get away from the nuisance rail line and says it's because of her old husband. She no longer has a home in our area.
She defended her own selfish interests but not the lives of her constituents who trusted her to be honest and decent in her dealings with them.
She faces all ways to satisfy all but has other motives.
Hypocrite, I say madam. Be gone with you. Voters must cast her out at the next election.
There have been other MPs like her in the past and they were swept away for their doubtful actions. We haven't forgotten her pet food bills too!
Scarletto
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2:50pm Mon 16 Jan 12
She's let us down and acted shamefully, showing little integrity. Not so long ago she was shamed for claiming for pet food on her Commons expenses.
Then she backed opponents of the new rail route but caved in at the 11th hour to back the costly scheme which will spoil our countryside. She also wanted to toe the line with the rest of her Conservative party and desperately please colleagues there.
Now it seems she's quietly sold her Old Amersham home to get away from the nuisance rail line and says it's because of her old husband. She no longer has a home in our area.
She defended her own selfish interests but not the lives of her constituents who trusted her to be honest and decent in her dealings with them.
She faces all ways to satisfy all but has other motives.
Hypocrite, I say madam. Be gone with you. Voters must cast her out at the next election.
There have been other MPs like her in the past and they were swept away for their doubtful actions. We haven't forgotten her pet food bills too!
Wycombe station.
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