(16 May 2013, 7:13 am)Kuyoyo wrote Yet more ill-informed bystanders - the £32billion being spend on HS2 can only be spent on HS2 by the DfT. If HS2 were to be cancelled, that money would be reallocated to another Government department. So, basically, HS2 is the only rail project that money will be spent on.

Ill-informed bystanders...?

Yes. The money is ring-fenced for that project - fact. Nobody is arguing that, but the money was only ring-fenced for that project because it was the only realistic bid the government were interested in submitting. It actually reminds me of Thatcher's approach to Europe a bit, where that any advice she was given essentially fell upon deaf ears - because she wasn't interested in doing anything other than what she wanted to do. Sod the consequences.

I stand by my point. Money would be better spent elsewhere, with more economic and social benefits.