[news] This man is not happy about HS2 - and it shows on Google Maps

[unixman_again]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.5955043,-1.6560557,18z/data=!3m1!1e3

 

Source: This man is not happy about HS2 - and it shows on Google Maps - Birmingham Mail

[6Foot2]

I'm not surprised he's unhappy.

 

His '2' in HS2 is reversed and he's missing a 'k' in sucks.

 

[Andrew_C]

I was going to says muffs votjgod Brexioutf but I won't so I don't get slapped by the Mods.

[StevieM]

I zoomed out and spotted the label 'Incontinence World'. While there is nothing funny about suffering from incontinence, that just sounds like the world's worst theme park!

[ICTDirect_Dave]

I zoomed out and spotted the label 'Incontinence World'. While there is nothing funny about suffering from incontinence, that just sounds like the world's worst theme park!

 

I saw that and instantly thought of a Simpsons family day out!

[SpuffMonkey]

I zoomed out and spotted the label 'Incontinence World'. While there is nothing funny about suffering from incontinence, that just sounds like the world's worst theme park!

 

I don't know - all the rides make you go "WEEEEEeeee!!!"

[6Foot2]

Link: Government to finally drop plan for HS2 link to Leeds – reports | North of England | The Guardian

 

The government has refused to confirm or deny reports that it will finally cancel plans for the HS2 link to Leeds this week, and instead fund a hodgepodge of disparate projects which favour Conservative constituencies and leave mysterious gaps in the rail network.

 

The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, is expected to announce the outcome of the long-delayed integrated rail plan on Thursday.

 

The Sunday Times suggested he would commit to building HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester but not Leeds, which has earmarked a large part of the city centre to accommodate a new station.

 

To soften the blow, Shapps is expected to announce two shorter high-speed routes, the paper said. One would run between Leeds and Sheffield and another from Birmingham to East Midlands Parkway, which is in the Conservative constituency of Rushcliffe, 10 miles south of Nottingham. There would apparently be a puzzling non high-speed gap of 50 miles between the two new lines.

 

According to the Mail on Sunday, Leeds will receive its own tram system “in consolation” for not being connected to HS2...