Boris and his train set

The difference a big fat majority makes! Boris knows that whatever decisions he makes he has a majority of 80 in the House of Commons, more than enough to get his way. So he has made two big announcements so far: allowing the Chinese company Huawei to get involved in installing its 5G technology into Briitain's digital networks and now, today, approving the construction of the fast rail network up to the north, the HS2 project. With a tiny majority Boris would have had a helluva battle to get either decision through parliament. Now he can power ahead as rapidly as possible to get both decisions implemented. The rail network, from London to Birmingham and then on to Manchester, will be hugely expensive and destructive for whole chunks of pretty countryside but it has to be done if the Midlands and North are going to be boosted the way Boris promised during the election campaign. Obviously I might feel differently if I was living in one of the villages that will disappear but once it is all completed it will surely be beneficial for the part of the country that has been in the doldrums for decades. So well done Boris, you stuck to your guns, even though your Svengali Dominic Cummings was against it. As for the Huawei decision there really was no alternative. If the government had said no to Huawei, this country would have fallen behind technologically. Now the decision has been made it will be up to the UK and US to get together to develop the 6G technology to replace 5G in the years ahead. If we fail to produce our own 6G then Huawei will be knocking on the door again. That would be a grave failure on the part of both the UK and the US. We need to keep ahead of China, not fall behind in second place. As for HS2, when it's up and running, the trains better be on time! Unlike most of the train services we have in this country right now. And let's hope it doesn't cost the £106 billion that is being predicted at the moment. That's a job for Boris and his trains minister, to get the final cost below £100 billion.