Universal Great Britain

[Lost Meerkat]

Hopefully this report about Rachel Reeves speech today points towards the Gov approach to things such as Universal.
"Despite sticking to the gloomy script, Reeves argued a serious “prize” would await Britain from taking the right decisions. There would still be “shovels in the ground [and] cranes in the sky, the sounds and sights of the future arriving,” she said, in the beginnings of a pivot to a more optimistic message."

 

[Lost Meerkat]

Heavy rainfall in the last 24 hours around Bedford has caused some serious flooding, including a part of the A421 road which will be the main access route to the Universal park. Hope none of our local correspondents are caught up in this too badly. Photos from the BBC:

View attachment 23617

For a close up of the object in the bottom righthand corner of that overhead shot:

View attachment 23616

I saw a single tanker here this afternoon, sucking up water. By my humble estimate, this is going to take some time, especially as water is still flowing off the fields and into the cutting. Me thinks National Highways are going to have to do some serious remedial work.

 

[Altonsky]

Flyover would be ideal.

 

[rob@rar]

Hopefully this report about Rachel Reeves speech today points towards the Gov approach to things such as Universal.
"Despite sticking to the gloomy script, Reeves argued a serious “prize” would await Britain from taking the right decisions. There would still be “shovels in the ground [and] cranes in the sky, the sounds and sights of the future arriving,” she said, in the beginnings of a pivot to a more optimistic message."

Rumours in the press today suggest that the Chancellor is considering changing the government’s fiscal rules to make it easier to borrow to make capital investments in infrastructure which will have a long term return. Perhaps this makes it easier to commit to the infrastructure needed for the Universal park.