Rory Sutherland Rory Sutherland

Are we asking the wrong questions about HS2?

issue 21 October 2023

I am not sure there was much else Rishi could have done to salvage HS2. But I come bearing good news. There is no reason why HS2 cannot still be a great railway, even if it travels along the wrong route at the wrong speed and was constructed in the wrong direction to solve a problem which no longer exists.

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