News / Mourning the demise of HS2 extension, with RailNatter’s Gareth Dennis

A battle for the soul of Britain, happening almost entirely on Twitter, has spilled out into the real world, pitching UK motorists and rail commuters against one another in an imagined zero-sum conflict, alongside the second leg of HS2 being cancelled.

The move should be understood as far more than merely withdrawing further funding; rather as an annulment and sabotage of the cost and resources invested so far, rail engineer Gareth Dennis, host of the RailNatter podcast, ...