"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote in message
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Boltar wrote:

It seems George Galloway is against it as well. What a surprise...

Well, what self respecting marxist could agree with a service that
would take all those nasty capitalists to work in canary wharf? That
and he might be worried all the tunnelling under Tower Hamlets could
scare off the illegal immigrants he sucks up to there.

There's been a bit of Not In My Back Yardism in that part of town as
well - the proposal for a rubble extraction shaft in Victoria Park has
previously provoked a "Not here but we don't have an idea as to where else
and we expect the developers to find a site" campaign.

I caught the end of an ITV Meridian documentary on HS1/CTRLduring the week,
highlighting some of Kent's most vocal objectors to the CTRL, its easy to
forget all the hassle, seems a long time ago now.

I wonder if any of the same people are now protesting about the withdrawal
of Eurostar services from Ashford?

Paul S