General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

People who need to travel from Birmingham to London will have little incentive to use the remnant Aston to Acton line, as the old ex LNWR line will get them to Central London in less time.

There is a General Election in the offing isn't there....

Sunak will have some dosh to give tax cuts to the better off if he scraps the project: maybe buy the party some votes in the Southern Blue Belt Constituencies who would otherwise possibly be tempted to vote Lib Dem.