A fat lot of good objecting did to those who lost land/property to HS2. Labour are relaxing planning laws almost to the point of removing them completely.
So what do you suggest as a solution to the difficulty of getting planning permission for significant infrastructure development.
I agree, but only for the ones where they bought up the property and have now scrapped it, that is wrong. But they drove the high speed rail from the tunnel, many years ago, right through Kent and blighted property for years before actually doing it. If that high speed link doesn't go past London its all pretty pointless IMO. The North are always complaining they want more investment, first it was moans about we dont need this, then when it was scrapped past Birmingham it was, we never get any investment. You cant please all the people all the time.
Continuing to pour more and more billions, several times the original estimate, isn't investment, it's a vast waste of money. The plug should have been pulled far sooner, and stayed pulled. It seems that almost every Government contract with private industry ends up costing many times more than the original figure. The Government should demand fixed price contracts, and then see how many are actually willing to quote.
Give it bit longer and you'll think of some. A link that didn't have an invitation to subscribe or accept adverts in the middle of the page would make life easier. Are you on commission?
When nobody quotes what then? Part of the problem is the Government is incapable of fixing it's requirements, so how can you have a fixed price on one side and variable requirements on the other.
That doesn't work as it won't go any further until I put an email address in to it. So I can never read any of your quotes unless you copy and paste them as links are useless.
I do apologise. In all the years that I have been creating links to the Guardian’s website nobody, either other forum members elsewhere or friends with private email addresses, has said that they have had to enter an email address in order to read it. Everyone, so far, has just been able to read the article as it appears on the website. I shall take note of what you have said and follow your instructions.
@Tidemark The Guardian have recently changed their set-up. Before, all you'd get is a pop-up asking if you'd like to make a donation, now, you either have to accept all cookies or sign up for a subscription.
The Government being incapable of fixing its requirements is something it needs to sort out. Obviously no company will provide a fixed price when the specification isn't fixed. In the private sector, where I worked for most of my life, a functional spec was created and the quote based on that. Any changes or additions were costed and agreed. Most Government contracts just seem to be a licence for the contractors to print money.
Ah, that must be the problem. I’ve been a subscriber for a long time and so probably haven’t noticed any changes regarding reading the online paper. Thank you for that.
I'm an old curmudgeon and won't accept cookies or give my email address unless it is important enough for me.
