Conservative British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was criticized by two predecessors from his own party with his announcement on Wednesday that he would halt construction of the second part of the HS2 (High Speed 2) rapid transit line.
Today’s decision on HS2 is the wrong one. It will help fuel the views of those who argue that as a country we can no longer think or act for the long term; that we are going in the wrong direction.
HS2 was about investing for the long term, bringing the country together,…
—David Cameron (@David_Cameron) October 4, 2023
David Cameron, who resigned in 2016 after the Brexit referendum and has rarely spoken in public since, described the decision on the short message service X as wrong. The HS2 project, which was intended to create better links between London and the economically depressed north of England, was intended to unite the country, Cameron said. “I regret this decision,” he wrote, adding:
Boris Johnson, who was prime minister from 2019 to 2022, shared his party colleague Cameron’s message on Wednesday evening and commented on it, saying: “I agree.”
Sunak announced the end of the second part of the Birmingham to Manchester route in his speech at the end of the Tory party conference on Wednesday. Although the decision hardly came as a surprise – it had been speculated about for weeks – it is highly controversial. While conservative newspapers sometimes praised the prime minister, the left-liberal ‘Guardian’ headlined on Thursday: ‘Sunak unleashes a Tory civil war.’ (sda/dpa)
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