Conservative MP Esther McVey discusses refusing to back tax rises unless HS2 is scrapped

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[NPC--]

Good for her! That said real conservatives should leave the party.

[liahurst]

Well said Esther McVey! You should have also mentioned freezing Foreign Aid and stop giving our boaty friends everything free.

[freespeechforever]

McVey speaks like a conservative unlike so many of her colleagues.

[padiedo]

ESTHER talking sense 😒 MAKES A change well said that lady 👍👍

[johncatto]

Unlimited money for illegal immigrants and unlimited money for "net zero" so no shortage of money.

[davidmiller]

Never has the truth been spoken so clearly, well said Ester, we are taxed to the hilt, enough is enough

[whysa]

Well done to Ester McVey standing up and makiing a ccommonsense point

[laceandwhisky]

Basic economics if in debt you don't go buy a new car that you can't afford 🥺

[karlbillinger]

They could have paid for HS2, with all the money they wasted on the failed track n’ trace.

[michaelicornelius]

Not just some but all, slash the civil servants, slash unnecessary layers of management in NHS, as well as dumping HS2 and every other project and stop spending money on illegal immigrants deport them as soon as they arrive.

[myzamau]

From £37 billion to over £150 billion. Someone with a basic GCSE in Economics would be challenged to screw the figures up that bad, but as nobody has their personal pocket affected by this for their failure, it's all fine.

[DontBeNaiveGuys]

I totally agree with her.. it makes total common sense.. Especially with our current financial situation. It needs to be scrapped because by the time we can afford again it’ll be obsolete.

[dontuno]

Couldn't agree more with her. Why on earth should we be paying through the nose safe in the knowledge we can get to Birmingham 10 minutes

[garryirvin]

Richard Tice, get this woman onboard at Reform asap !!!

[mickp]

Churchill said " raising taxes to help the economy is like standing in a bucket and trying to lift yourself up in it".

[vincemarshall]

whats the point of a new train line when they dont want us travelling anywhere? i loved her in the moment she said scrap hs2, then i hated her when she said she liked jeremy "hunt"

[philipdurling]

Remember when Labour and all the other "opposition" parties supported the government throughout the pandemic. Not once did they question government policies, allowing the government unprecedented powers to go through "on the nod." They are as much responsible as the government for the current mess. Not just HS2 but also other government spending, like foreign aid, needs to be reviewed.

[MaverickSeventySeven]

With the Majority if surviving businesses in the North having their employees working at home and NOT requiring faster transport back and forth to London, then HS2 is blatantly NOT viable cost wise!!!

[mauricemoore]

Esther Mc Vey I LOVE YOU someone with common sense what a change.

[jab-gnsw]

WEF Sunak needs to stand down, reduce taxes on the poor increase it on the rich