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Fascinating piece on why HS2 is the most expensive per mile railway ever built. Featuring a chart that made me yelp 'Christ alive!'
[How the UK ended up building t...](
"A phrase I have heard a lot from people in business since 2022 is βthis stupid warβ, as though it is all a sort of accident or misunderstanding, and not the choice of an implacable state." Terrific column, this: [www.ft.com/content/36c2...](