Slight drift.... but have they started building HS2 yet or are they still talking about it?
Have a read of the pdf link in this:
https://www.hs2.org.uk/documents/hs2-realising-the-potential/
This report dated 19th July 2018 makes for some very interesting reading
I'm not even going to begin to read that, as its produced by HS2 Ltd. Therefore I can already guess the contents, without reading. If its an update to (lack of) progress, it will be full of feeble excuses for why they've oppsed up, and its not their fault, and it will bring gazillions of pounds benefit, despite being a line that goes from nowhere to nowhere. But so much unexpected delays will mean they need more money to piss down the pan (our money).
Nowhere in it will be an admission its their mismanagement and incompetence is the reasons that they've oppsed up, delayed it, costing us more money (our money).
Sadly, I've been to too many HS2 meetings, and when their own headline bullet points completely contradict themselves, you know their incompetence (but then they are/were civil servants), corrupt and lining their own nest, or plain old fashioned bullshit. Or all 3, which is my gut feeling.