Jacob Rees-Mogg often describes himself as a straight-talker who gives honest answers, no matter how unpopular they might be. But did his performance on Question Time last night live up to this billing? It was held in leafy Aylesbury, which lies on the proposed HS2 path thereby hitting house prices in the area – which explains why only a single member of the audience admitted to supporting it last night. The Moggster got perhaps the loudest cheer of the night when he was asked what he thought of the project and replied:
‘Oh, it’s a complete waste of money. And the costs and costs go up’.
Perish the thought that he was playing to the gallery. HS2 was an example of the ‘sunk-cost fallacy,’ he said, so you shouldn’t keep pumping money into a failing project just because you’ve already spent a lot already.
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