Remarkable how little detailed attention idea of spending £45bn on a half completed infrastructure project gets on the front pages. Instead fashioned as a courageous new dawn. Compare and contrast to these papers’ treatment of say, the Millennium dome.

Have found it extraordinary how in the discussion rising HS2 costs have been treated as if they were the weather- uncontrollable. Remarkable lack of curiosity as to why it’s been so and what could have been different. Really important for future projects. Inquiry worthy.