Boris Johnson should have the guts to kill HS2 | Simon Jenkins

The disastrous rail scheme is a high-speed opportunity for this most waffling of politicians to grasp a tough decision and take it

HS2 has long been a masterpiece of fake news, courtesy of the British state. Since at least 2015, no one privy to its blossoming extravagance has believed for one moment in its “budget” of £56bn. The National Audit Office and the Treasury did not believe it; commons committees did not believe it; thinktanks did not believe it. When I reported in June 2016 that Trea...