High Speed 2 - Richard Osley

Whatever next: Now HS2 planners say they need to take N-Dubz cafe…

December 14, 2013 // 0 Comments

THEY are talking about putting a plaque on the La Giaconda dining rooms in Tin Pan Alley, behind Centre Point. Although more of a place for fancy risotto than ham and chips [...]

‘Working together’ on Camden’s HS2 offensive

August 30, 2013 // 1 Comment

THE HS2 opposition in Camden sounded quite the love-in this week, Labour and the Lib Dems working together, hand in hand to convince shadow transport minister Maria Eagle to [...]

Turn to the back page

January 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

CRAFTY members of the anti-High Speed Two lobby have got their timing right for the February edition of Total Politics magazine. With Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin [...]

A little catch up…

June 8, 2012 // 7 Comments

AFTER a little long weekend break, here’s a catch-up on the blog: * UP in Cambridge, Labour councillors “took to Twitter to slam Jubilee celebrations”, as [...]

Justine’s fast train

October 15, 2011 // 4 Comments

WATCHING Philip Hammond in action at the Conservative Party conference earlier this month, you couldn’t see much sign of the Transport Secretary budging over High Speed [...]

The HS2 affair

April 4, 2011 // 19 Comments

JUST as Camden’s Labour Party begin to play a bit of toughball over High Speed 2, the plan for a London to Birmingham thunderbolt rail link which promises to blow a [...]