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Govt selling off HS2 land at a loss to prevent future administrations reversing its decision
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....And enrich their mates?
In this instance, almost of it will be sold to the famers from whom it was originally purchased.
So though no longer having a planned train line through their land would restore the value of their farms, I don't know that it counts as enriching Tory mates.
A lot of farmers do vote Tory, but many do not, and those who were forced to sell land to the state for HS2 by the Tories probably don't.
So it truly is only to stymie future governments.
Who do you think are buying the land... A more cynical man than I might think this, was the idea all along; confirming that hunch would take more research than I am willing to put in.