100

Govt selling off HS2 land at a loss to prevent future administrations reversing its decision (www.thelondoneconomic.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

31 comments fedilink hide all child comments

all 32 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

Didn’t Sweden also do this when its incoming hard-right government scrapped the high-speed rail project a few years ago?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Basically, yes.

They will not do well when the day of judgement arrives. Fucking bandits.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I have a feeling that day won’t come

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

You and me both, my friend. You and me both.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Which "govt"?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Well, the link is to The London Economic, so what govt do you think it is?

[-] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago

Well, the community is called "Europe" and the post title is a clickbaity "Govt is selling land". There are many countries and governments in Europe and post titles should be informative.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

Serbia?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Ontario?

[-] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%2C_Ontario

London is at the confluence of the Thames River...its economic activity is centered on...financial services...London annexed nearly the entire township of Westminster...

As per the 2021 census, the most common ethnic or cultural origins in London are English (21.9%), Scottish (17.4%), Irish (16.8%)...

London's city centre mall was first opened in 1960 as Wellington Square

Although London has many ties to Middlesex County...

London stretches...east to Dorchester

London proved a centre of strong Tory support...

https://www.planetware.com/canada/top-rated-things-to-do-in-london-ontario-cdn-1-267.htm

Fancy a stroll along the banks of the Thames River, possibly crossing over it using Blackfriars Bridge? Or perhaps doing a little shopping in Covent Garden Market before visiting St. Paul's Cathedral?

I'm impressed at the level of dedication there. It doesn't appear to have its own Big Ben, though.

EDIT:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Canada

London[80]

China Nanjing, China

Definitely missed an opportunity there, Canada. Could have been twins with London, UK.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think it’s a mistake. I think that the land should be kept for at least two or three years to...look at what can be done within that space

I mean, I assume that whoever buys it is going to do the same. It's probably not going to become some deserted wasteland.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

What’s the European angle here?

It’s a straight up “liberal govt does liberal things and public gets the bill” story.

EDIT: apparently the liberal thing here is making it impossible to build high speed rail. That definitely is an European angle. Also, extremely fucked up.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

The UK is part of Europe.

[+] [email protected] -25 points 8 months ago

Barely. And even then, I would not really be interested in a post about a failed government land scheme in Portugal or Austria in this community either unless it somehow intersected with EU policy or influenced relations with its neighbors.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

Its great when stupid people tell you they're stupid because then you can just smile and pat them on the head like you're supporting a toddler trying to form a proper sentence.

Hint: it's you, you're the stupid.

Another hint: Europe isn't the EU. One is geographical, the other is political.

[+] [email protected] -13 points 8 months ago

I never said it should be about the EU, I said it should have a European dimension.

This clearly does not.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

High speed rail is definitely something that's important internationally. If done well, it could replace a bunch of polluting flights with a train trip

[-] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It’s about high speed rail? I really couldn’t figure that out from the article. I guess HS2 stands for “Highspeed 2” or something?

In that case, yes, it definitely has a European dimension. I retract my objection.

Thanks for filling me in.

But the article could have used the word “rail” just once. It would have been enough.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

In the UK hs2 is a very big thing and this article was written for them, here you would have to be living under a rock not to have heard of it.

I would not expect Europeans to know so the op posting here should make it clear,

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Did you even read what you wrote?

[-] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago

Yes, did you?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I'll bold it for you so you can see:

Barely. And even then, I would not really be interested in a post about a failed government land scheme in Portugal or Austria in this community either unless it somehow intersected with EU policy or influenced relations with its neighbors.

Boy I sure am dumb, I didn't realise you said Europe and not EU.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

or influenced relations with its neighbors

If you're going to start a pedantic argument on the ass end of the fediverse for an article nobody's really going to read, at least ensure that you're actually being correctly pedantic.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The country is still in Europe so it's still Europe related. Do people complain when news in the world news community doesn't affect the entire world?

[-] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago

I don't really care. You called the poster stupid, then misrepresented his argument while quoting him. It's entertainingly incompetent.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

So now that I've used reason to explain my point you don't care? Brilliant.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

You seem to have a hard time grasping points in general. I never cared about your or his points about this topic. I think I made that pretty clear when I described this as the ass end of the fediverse about an article nobody's going to read.

I thought your flailing pedantry was funny though.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I'm glad you got something out of it. Usually, if I don't care about something I don't have any interest in commenting but here we are.

[-] [email protected] -5 points 8 months ago

WERE STILL IN EUROPE WERE STILL RELEVANT RESPECT US!!!!!!!!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Sure why not, I did say you were like a toddler so thanks for proving me right.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The other words also have meaning.

Besides, the other poster brought me up to speed. I understand the European angle now.

this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2023

100 points (96.3% liked)

Europe

8324 readers

3 users here now

News/Interesting Stories/Beautiful Pictures from Europe 🇪🇺

(Current banner: Thunder mountain, Germany, 🇩🇪 ) Feel free to post submissions for banner pictures

Rules

(This list is obviously incomplete, but it will get expanded when necessary)

Be nice to each other (e.g. No direct insults against each other);
No racism, antisemitism, dehumanisation of minorities or glorification of National Socialism allowed;
No posts linking to mis-information funded by foreign states or billionaires.

Also check out [email protected]

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]