Topic: To be born English is to live in a "grim economic reality"

Anonymous A started this discussion 2 years ago #113,807

"The decision by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to halt High Speed Two (HS2) in its tracks because of spiraling costs is just the latest example of Britain’s economic decline, and it confirms a painful reality: the country can apparently no longer spend big on the kind of projects that Germany, France and Italy (never mind China or Japan) are still able to deliver"

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/05/economy/hs2-railway-uk-economy/index.html

lol brexit.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 30 minutes later[^] [v] #1,260,031

People spent years shitting on HS2 and now it's cancelled people apparently were fans of it all along.

Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 6 minutes later, 37 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,260,033

@OP

> it confirms a painful reality: the country can apparently no longer spend big on the kind of projects that Germany, France and Italy (never mind China or Japan) are still able to deliver"

In entirely unrelated news, Zelenskiy has informed the UK that they'll have to step up to the plate and send him a higher monthly chunk of money while the US has had to temporarily halt their payments to him.

#SlavaUkraini

Green !BEERiVqJJw joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 15 minutes later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,260,036

Good, fuck HS2.

Erik !saAqdaazn2 joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 34 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,260,039

@1,260,031 (B)
Pretty much this.

Minichan