Policy is hard, part 130,456

After 13 years in power, it seems that the Conservative Government cannot now even complete HS2.

Rumours today that the leg from Birmingham to Manchester might be scrapped or delayed, as might the link to Euston, meaning that the UK will have created a new kind of railway, a world's first: a high speed branch line.

Delaying the project will not save costs, it will increase them. In the long run.

And cancelling it after spending all this money would mean getting none of the benefits. Like replacing all the heating in a house then leaving the windows open.

HS2 is/was all about releasing capacity. Not high speed.

The world will look on and see not only did we choose Brexit, but we cannot now complete a simple high speed railway line.

What have we become?

This Government should just give up, call an election and go back to their families if they are not up to the task of running the country.

This is on top of Sunak rolling back on the Net Zero plans and other "green" policies designed to help save the planet.