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Originally Posted by Chris
Yeah I read that this morning. We’re just not very good at doing anything whose payoff is likely to lie outside the current electoral cycle. There are loud rumblings that Northern Powerhouse Rail is going to get cancelled - again - despite cancelling it being of no present benefit to the task of dealing with the ruined finances, because much of the building and therefore much of the spending is still several years away.
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Northern Powerhouse Rail is perceived to largely benefit Labour-voting areas and Sunak seems has form on moving money towards Conservative-voting ones by changing funding formulas.
So cancelling it wouldn't be a large vote-loser for the Conservatives. Therefore, Northern Powerhouse Rail is not just a victim of short-termism, is also a victim of party politics.