For Haughley Junction, we are talking of rising cost estimates from £15m to £30m - that's loose change in rail terms. I do think that with regard to the spending taps being loosened by the DfT, it would be good to convert projects like this. Ely North Junction is another that is screamingly important.

As a Hitchin signalman once pointed out to me, when a regulating quandary arises concerning a fast-moving Class A train there is no time to consult Control and get their answer before the express is on one's doorstep.

Americans ought to have substantial freedom of choice in the workplace (chapter 1), the polling booth (chapter 2), among products (chapter 3), at retirement (chapter 4), and in selection and unselection of a spouse (chapter 5).

That venerable old ripsnorter defended the right of the clergy to drive fast horses -- Phil Stong