HS2
Lines on the map are easy to rub out: HS2’s boss is right to push for progress
I’m sure HS2 chairman Sir David Higgins is right to argue that if we’re serious about building a new north-south…
Real life
A letter arrives from David Cameron, asking me to vote by post in the European elections. Presumably he means vote…
Real life
‘Do you know…?’ said the Tory MP I was sitting next to, as he tried to introduce me to the…
High-speed fail
A year ago the electoral strategies of the two main parties seemed set. The Conservatives would stand as the party…
The Spectator’s Notes
As I write, the World Islamic Economic Forum is opening in London, the first time it has been held in…
Smart cars
Someone in New York told me this story. I admit that I didn’t believe it when I first heard it.…
High Speed 2’s no-fly zone
From Edinburgh airport there are more than 45 flights a day to London. And, I imagine, the same number back.…
The line to nowhere
The government’s high-speed rail plans will never be implemented
Is this amazing railway going ahead? Not if Boris and Mandychops can help it
‘Does anyone seriously doubt that this amazing scheme is actually going to go ahead?’ boomed Boris Johnson last week. ‘No…
