Submitted on Wednesday 10th August 2011
Published on Wednesday 10th August 2011
Current status: Closed
Closed: Friday 10th February 2012
Signatures: 38
Cancel HS2 High Speed Links. Divert the budget to on the ground policing
The riots that have hit the UK are likely to be repeated time and again by this lost generation of youths. We cannot afford to reduce any police funding. We must increase it.
The HS2 rail links to the North are going to shave no more than 20 minutes off a journey. This will have no impact on business at all as it will not encourage more people to travel. Journey times are already good. We are a small country, we do not need high speed rail.
Instead, divert the billions budgeted for this project into improving current rail links and divert the remainder to front line policing on a roughly 30/70 split. This would make a visible and useful impact on people's lives.
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