Scottish independence

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    @detritus

    Did you see the series of programmes made by Evan Davis on the Beeb? It was called mind the gap:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/…

    I thought it was quite even handed and had some great stuff about the potential in the north around the area I originally come from. Also there is a pile of bullshit from Boris Johnson who really shows why it's easy for the rest of the country to dislike the politician and London.

    I think the idea of faster trains is a great one, but the current London to the M62 corridor is only about 2.5 to 3 hours right now which is hardly dawdling. So maybe a better project would be a cross country rail link across the north. Superfast Leeds to Manchester to Liverpool and a branch off to the North East too. There would be a great power base created there.

    There is a great bit about the history of St Pancras station in London. It was actually a 'fuck you' from the idustrial north to the south. It was built with northern textiles money as a show of strength. While all the other stations were utilitarian buildings, visitors to that station saw a magnificent building housing the train lines that took you to the powerhouse north.

    'KING IN THE NORTH!!!' and all that.

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    • *but the current London to the M62 corridor JOURNEY is only about 2.5 to 3 hoursWolfboy
    • No, i didn't. Bugger.
      Yes, I meant to say HS2 as part of internalising infrastructure up there. Good point!      detritus
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