Dr Who wades into the debate about HS2 rail line through Buckinghamshire

The subject of airport expansion has been the most prominent transport topic in the media after the election, but the controversy surrounding the proposed HS2 high-speed rail line has hardly gone away.

“AREN’T POLITICIANS extraordinary?” actor (and former Doctor Who!) Colin Baker asked rhetorically in the Bucks Free Press on 8 June. “The transport secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, described the result of the recent General Election as a ‘massive vote of confidence’ for the HS2 project, which, in a couple of years, will be inflicting an ugly gash through some of the most unspoilt countryside in the region.

“Does he actually think this gross distortion of...

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