Do you remember Nigel asking everyone in the EU (and elsewhere), "Who is this Juncker, guy? What are is credentials? Where has he come from? What has he done?"
This was when Juncker was appointed without any election.
Obviously, he's not any friend of ours, is he? He's just about 'power and politics' and not doing any kind of a job for the benefit of the people of Europe. Anyone of any sense knows, that the best decisions for any kind of a rupture in a relationship are to be gained from some careful thought and negotiation, not from a rush.
HS2 just benefits all those at the end of the line and nobody in between. We should be encouraging the use of Skype and similar and putting in stunning broadband architecture. I'm against HS2 because of its astronomic cost and the fact that it benefits just a few. There are several alternative, much more modern and much cheaper fast travel methods too.
eg. How about ETT or ET3?
http://www.gizmag.com/future-transport/22959/