Now that the entire population of the Middle East are no longer moving
to London, are any major schemes about to be cancelled?

On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:21:22 +0100
Basil Jet wrote:
Now that the entire population of the Middle East are no longer moving
to London, are any major schemes about to be cancelled?

With any luck there'll be a price crash with a lot of those lock-and-leave
flats built for foreign buyers along the thames and in docklands, and some
brits may be able to buy them at reasonably affordable prices.

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Spud

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On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:21:22 +0100
Basil Jet wrote:
Now that the entire population of the Middle East are no longer moving
to London, are any major schemes about to be cancelled?

With any luck there'll be a price crash with a lot of those lock-and-leave
flats built for foreign buyers along the thames and in docklands, and some
brits may be able to buy them at reasonably affordable prices.

even if they crash 50% they still wont be affordable to normal people

tim

On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:35:50 +0100
"tim..." wrote:
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 11:21:22 +0100
Basil Jet wrote:
Now that the entire population of the Middle East are no longer moving
to London, are any major schemes about to be cancelled?

With any luck there'll be a price crash with a lot of those lock-and-leave
flats built for foreign buyers along the thames and in docklands, and some
brits may be able to buy them at reasonably affordable prices.

even if they crash 50% they still wont be affordable to normal people

True, but there might be a trickle down effect.

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Spud

If disaster hits our country and the twerp Johnson becomes
Prime Minister, I imagine neither Heathrow nor Gatwick will
be expanded.

The National Audit Office has already suggested that HS2
should be delayed, supposedly to reduce costs.

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'Basil Jet[_4_ Wrote:
;156544']Now that the entire population of the Middle East are no longer
moving
to London, are any major schemes about to be cancelled?

If disaster hits our country and the twerp Johnson becomes
Prime Minister, I imagine neither Heathrow nor Gatwick will
be expanded.

The National Audit office has already suggested that HS2
should be delayed, supposedly to reduce costs.

there are plenty here who think that vanity project will nor be entirely
missed

tim

On 28/06/2016 11:21, Basil Jet wrote:
Now that the entire population of the Middle East are no longer moving
to London, are any major schemes about to be cancelled?

Contrary to Mr Farage's poster, the vote does not mean the UK will no
longer accept refugees from war zones.

The rather more important thing is that there's going to be a Brexit
economic downturn, with resulting further pressures on fiscal policy.

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'Basil Jet[_4_ Wrote:
;156544']Now that the entire population of the Middle East are no
longer moving to London, are any major schemes about to be cancelled?

If disaster hits our country and the twerp Johnson becomes Prime
Minister, I imagine neither Heathrow nor Gatwick will be expanded.

The National Audit office has already suggested that HS2 should be
delayed, supposedly to reduce costs.

there are plenty here who think that vanity project will nor be
entirely missed

It's a lot more than a vanity project. There will be severe capacity
limitations on the WCML very soon now if it isn't built.

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Colin Rosenstiel

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"Robin9" wrote in message
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'Basil Jet[_4_ Wrote:
;156544']Now that the entire population of the Middle East are no
longer moving to London, are any major schemes about to be cancelled?

If disaster hits our country and the twerp Johnson becomes Prime
Minister, I imagine neither Heathrow nor Gatwick will be expanded.

The National Audit office has already suggested that HS2 should be
delayed, supposedly to reduce costs.

there are plenty here who think that vanity project will nor be
entirely missed

It's a lot more than a vanity project. There will be severe capacity
limitations on the WCML very soon now if it isn't built.

I suppose that is the problem of coming to a group where not everybody has
engaged in (an earlier) discussion on this subject elsewhere

Whilst it is true that capacity problems might dictate that the best
solution is for a new two track railway between London and Trent Valley
junctions, plus (as separate requirements) rebuilding Euston and the long
promised Stafford cut off

the rest is a totally unnecessary vanity project

tim



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Colin Rosenstiel

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In article ,
(tim...) wrote:

"Robin9" wrote in message
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'Basil Jet[_4_ Wrote:
;156544']Now that the entire population of the Middle East are no
longer moving to London, are any major schemes about to be
cancelled?

If disaster hits our country and the twerp Johnson becomes Prime
Minister, I imagine neither Heathrow nor Gatwick will be expanded.

The National Audit office has already suggested that HS2 should be
delayed, supposedly to reduce costs.

there are plenty here who think that vanity project will nor be
entirely missed

It's a lot more than a vanity project. There will be severe capacity
limitations on the WCML very soon now if it isn't built.

I suppose that is the problem of coming to a group where not
everybody has engaged in (an earlier) discussion on this subject
elsewhere

Whilst it is true that capacity problems might dictate that the best
solution is for a new two track railway between London and Trent
Valley junctions, plus (as separate requirements) rebuilding Euston
and the long promised Stafford cut off

the rest is a totally unnecessary vanity project

If High Speed Rail is a "vanity project" then why has most of the developed
world been adopting similar projects for decades?

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Colin Rosenstiel