Month: November 2011

  • Grand plans and utopian visions

    This was originally posted on Stop HS2 on 15th November. “We should look sceptically at grand plans and utopian visions” said David Cameron at the Lord Mayor’s banquet last night. Although David Cameron was talking about Europe, he should also use this scepticism when he looks at HS2. We are often told that the Europeans […]

  • About

    Penny’s being doing internet stuff since 1993. She was a founder member of Stop HS2 and now runs the Stop HS2 website. Penny can also be found on Twitter and Pinterest. About Us Stop HS2 is the national grassroots campaign against HS2, the proposed new High Speed Two railway. We formed after several months of […]

  • “Saying a few words” – tips for public speaking

    A few weeks ago, I was invited to “say a few words” at a meeting chaired by Seb Berry, a former LibDem councillor, with Nigel Farrage, the UKIP leader as the main speaker. The event was on Friday and over the weekend I compiled a short list of a few tips I’ve picked up on […]

  • Challange groups – all men

    Challenge 86. Following its establishment in 2009, HS2 Ltd established three challenge panels (strategic, technical and analytical) “to provide independent expert scrutiny on different elements of [its] work.” These panels continue to meet. Of the three groups, currently comprising 22 people (all men), only the Analytical Challenge Panel contains any evident critic of high-speed rail. […]

  • Beyond Twitter and Blogging

    This was originally posted on Stop Hs2 on January 12th 2011. At the netroots UK conference on Saturday, I went to the “Beyond Twitter & blogging” workshop, a review of existing on-line tools for use in political campaigns. The first tool discussed was ushahidi, which can be used for geographical data applications. It was used […]