lord berkeley, thank you very much forjoining us.t the prime minister had said that this would now go ahead? my first thoughts were that i hope he has a very large budget ready for it, because although hs2 is going to cost 106 billion at present estimates, you need to spend another £100 billion or more on improving the local lines that so many of your vox the local lines that so many of your vox pops you have just interviewed wanted. they can come a lot sooner, and it was good that the prime minister put the two together into a kind of package for northern powerhouse, hs2 and the northern ones, but there still needs to be a commitment to spend all this money, 100 billion or so, commitment to spend all this money, 100 billion orso, on commitment to spend all this money, 100 billion or so, on local and regional services, and i can u nfortu nately regional services, and i can unfortunately see that in a few yea rs unfortunately see that in a few years time, if the finances of the uk get tight, which will get cut first. and it won't be h

know there will be widespread environmental destruction, over 100 ancient woodlands destroyed, lord berkeley likely to lead to increased airport expansion at manchester and birmingham. this is not the way to move to the low—carbon economy, the £100 billion that should be spent, should be borrowed to invest in a complete upgrade of all of the uk's transport infrastructure, including electrifying rail lines, putting in new freight lines, renewing and expanding existing capacity right around the country. jonathan bartley there, the co—leader of the green party. let's talk about the politics of all of this with borisjohnson expected to make the announcement confirming hs do quite shortly, let's go to iain watson our political correspondent. ian, plenty of opposition within the tory party, and indeed within downing street to the hs2 project? that's right, he has had lots of difficulties, he will make the statement in around 45 minutes, as you say, not only division in his own party, but some of his senior in visors are opposed to the decision as well, or are very sceptical as well that it should