HS2 protesters dig secret tunnel near Euston

[@bbclondon]

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[@williamshade5999]

Typical BBC blow the tunnel up send in the dogs first and of they are claiming state benefits stop there money

[@gagsdoublej4254]

Excuse me Sir/Madam Are you saved? If you died tonight are you going to heaven? Jesus loves you

[@williamshade5999]

@@gagsdoublej4254 there is no god

[@manlikestrainsinnit]

wot

[@jamesd1866]

@@williamshade5999 no dogs just a hose pipe thay would soon come out then there is only risk to the ones who chose to take it

[@madmax01992]

I guess its something to do while the shops are all closed.

[@MrGreen_]

Our when you don’t work for a living

[@Disciple1786]

Or when your trying to stop our ancient woodlands being destroyed for an unnecessary train line. Fool!

[@Arafodore]

Very strange people out there!

[@iainsmith4791]

@@Arafodore I'd say that the people who decided to throw a vast amount of money at a project which has no point to it are even stranger.

[@erichalfbee503]

@@Disciple1786 I thought those hippies preferred public transport

[@pliosaw]

Euston, we have a problem

[@georgedowns4034]

Underrated comment 😂

[@bonkersbeast]

Lol

[@SparkyClarke]

The award for best comment has just been claimed.

[@benw7601]

lmao

[@cestparti7577]

@@SparkyClarke Though the girl in the video " We have made it as safe as we can. I think " Hahahahaa

[@HairyCaveMan]

Last time I checked railways were one of the more environmentally friendly forms of transport.

[@scottpeacock5492]

Exactly, Motorways cause more harm to the planet than a small electric railway, Just at look all the populated vehicles on the uk roads today. The Extinction Rebellion do not have a clue.

[@redbeard3923]

Probably be cheaper then hs2 and finish on time

[@number1audreyfan]

That's funny!!

[@kp6344]

Of course it’ll be cheaper, it’s a hole dug by smelly hippies

[@mastertrams]

@Louis Cypher You thought what was all about profit? HS2? Don't be daft! HS2 is about relieving capacity on all 3 northbound mainlines, as well as various cross-country routes. And why do we need the capacity? Well, reason one is that the network is running at capacity when we're not in the middle of a pandemic, and two being that we need to drive modal shift away from cars and planes and onto trains. And why do we need this modal shift? So that we can stop climate change!

[@truthnolies8662]

😭😂😂 worth absolutely nothing at all while the hs2 project cost how much..? 😂😂 tax money wasted

[@mastertrams]

@@truthnolies8662 Will cost the same per year as Network Rail spends on track maintenance.

[@balderdash734]

Our diligent Police force missed a bunch of tree huggers digging a tunnel "colditz style" during a full lockdown... I am absolutely crackin up.....

[@ThatGuysProject]

you couldn't make it up lmao

[@balderdash734]

@@ThatGuysProject I know it's so funny,

[@ThatGuysProject]

@@balderdash734 the sad thing is that londoners might end up using it to escape the rozzers lol

[@professorjamesmoriarty5191]

Too bust policing twitter I would imagine.

[@balderdash734]

@@ThatGuysProject OMG, how embarrassed are the Met right now..

[@SIGSEGV1337]

This chick's gonna learn why you don't talk to jurnos very quickly...

[@jsl4228]

Do you talk to them slowly then?

[@SIGSEGV1337]

@@jsl4228 Lol good one

[@SIGSEGV1337]

@Richard Clifton no one's talking about the vaccine you skitzo

[@Drizzle600]

This chick will run out of mummy and daddy’s money soon with this useless nonsense

[@jamesglenn4151]

@Richard Clifton this is about rail ways. leave your ramblings for else where

[@Ja-uu9ep]

This MTV Cribs episode is the best one yet

[@kushking5354]

Bilbo baggins crib

[@jemmacortina6918]

p[i55ed meself at that :)

[@kelly6739]

"Its a bit of a secret but I can show you now " Something tells me that tunnel, will be filled in by the end of the week.

[@Mongchong_123]

While they are sleeping inside??

[@silver1469]

@@Mongchong_123 hopefully

[@DieyoungDiefast]

@@silver1469 Load of runny cement should do it.

[@silver1469]

@@DieyoungDiefast alright lad get your cement mixer ready i'm making a huge batch

[@dammnedhobo2439]

If they go to prison they'll just dig a tunnel and escape

[@redbeard3923]

Hahaha hahaha true

[@SharkVaderYT]

Fun fact: thats how el chapo escaped

[@jtee4103]

Goon Towers 😂

[@Drizzle600]

Ohhhh don’t tease!! I pray for the day lefty brainwashed fools like these finally get locked up!!

[@dammnedhobo2439]

@@Drizzle600 They've actually been arrested the same day and the tunnel collapsed you can see on other news websites

[@sourest_lem]

All fun and games until one heavy downpour of rain and the tunnel loses all structural integrity

[@quoth7330]

I expect, if its been there for 2 months, considering the flood/storm last week.. they've probably had a heavy downpour.

[@celestesharratt3611]

A matter of time before they're carrying their bodies out of there. I don't see the point in this. I understand the protest, but not endangering your life in such a silly way.

[@benmatheson1189]

No they wont work on the site

[@jaylaw6970]

And damages land above... It will collapse eventually with water/rain soaks

[@pedrorenard8439]

Guess they will expect the emergency services to come running at the drop of a hat to dig them out.

[@MatthewJaro]

This is why we cant have nice things like Japan

[@TheSkunkyMonk]

@vm365 A lot of management needs paying we couldn't possibly do it without them.

[@Robert-xq2yz]

@vm365 Is the solution to just give up at this point? What's worse - an over budget public infrastructure project that will improve the lives of many.... or an over budget infrastructure project that is scrapped after already costing 80 billion??

[@paulmccloud9395]

@@Robert-xq2yz It would cost (we would lose) around 12 billion if scrapped right now. That's infrastructure, land purchases, materials already bought and write offs. But your point is valid and even 12 billion is way too much to just throw away.

[@user-ez9is7lb9p]

@@Robert-xq2yz don’t think it’s going to improve many lives. It’ll just enable professionals who can afford the tickets to live outside of London and get the train into work keeping the economy unbalanced and turning the cities outside London into dormitory towns. All at a massive ecological cost. No wonder the only region of the uk in favour of it was London, and places like the north and midlands who it was specifically meant to benefit are the emise opposed to it.

[@user-ez9is7lb9p]

@@paulmccloud9395 sunk cost fallacy

[@JanuszBiedronka]

Think what you want, but digging a mineshaft in fairly central london is impressive.

[@mickleigh674]

Their is tunnels everywhere under London...WW2

[@alfsmith4936]

until it collapses..

[@jasoncdebussy]

I'd call it pointless

[@noahbowie5985]

It was a secret tunnel until the BBC made a report saying exactly where it is 🤣

[@alfsmith4936]

@@jasoncdebussy I wouldn't go that far.. How are the authorities going to be able to evict them from it? They will probably all die in a collapse but they don't seem too bothered about that. It will get them worldwide press coverage. ;)

[@JasonTheOneAndOnly]

Not sure how building a tunnel does a fkn thing tbh.

[@TheSkunkyMonk]

Probably hoping to stop machinery moving on the land above.

[@WhatDemocracy]

Does more than what you are doing boy

[@rkid5304]

Helps them get to the root of the problem

[@cookiedragon234]

It'll make it a nightmare for the police to try to forcibly remove them from the camp site, safely getting them out of a tunnel with them padlocked to the supports would be pretty much impossible.

[@jamesd1866]

@@cookiedragon234 not really thin chains like that 1 seccond with mini bolt croppers

[@lewisrubery5863]

"We're trying to keep it secret" says the man on national television

[@jamesd1866]

Yeah that's their brain power right there 👏 👏

[@wildcat3025]

Well the video isnt posted immediately after

[@aserta]

They are not very intelligent, that much is apparent.

[@wildcat3025]

@@aserta it isnt posted immediately after

[@bigred5287]

>trying to keep it secret >talks to the press about it LoJiK

[@truthnolies8662]

😭😭 what an idiot

[@ukphillip]

The irony of building a tunnel under London, to stop a tunnel being built under London.

[@andreaduwa262]

Literally 🤣🤣

[@cfchazard4669]

Hahaha. I’m done.

[@fintanbeirne7261]

HS2 does not involve tunnels in the greater london area, perhaps you’re getting it a bit confused with crossrail

[@andreaduwa262]

@@fintanbeirne7261 it does actually involve tunnels in the London area. Have a look at the project.

[@outofthetrash5925]

I dont get the point of it. The guy said he "hopes it will last a couple of weeks". They have spent months digging it and in a week or two will return to their very expensive homes with nothing but pictures and memories. And HS2 will still be built. The equipment brought in to repair their mess will use plenty of fossil fuels and will likely mean more of the local trees are removed than otherwise would have been. These idiots consider themselves heroes, unable to see past their subconscious and unmet need to be relevant. Their existence is as pointless as their tunnel.

[@frankspencer6935]

They will send Piers Morgan in to flush them out in 5 minutes.

[@handreard]

He won't fit

[@RantallionAIMusic]

Will he hack there mobile's after they are dead?

[@DieyoungDiefast]

Along with Jeremy Vine

[@ToxicCheese_NL]

Peoplr who say they want to stop climate change also do not want to improve long distance train travel. Do they expect us to fly more?

[@kudz8757]

They are brain dead 💀

[@dolceanstar]

@@svmwasthesheet1971 1971, I was 20 and protesting the use of plastics. Seven of us were confronted by 23 'riot' police. 2020, microplastics found in the placenta of unborn babies. Seems you are the one that hasn't been around long enough to see the bigger picture.

[@dolceanstar]

@@svmwasthesheet1971 I was illustrating your ignorance concerning the intelligence of youth and the arrogance of your thinking that they have less of a grasp of the "bigger picture" than you. In this, I was totally on topic.

[@dolceanstar]

@@svmwasthesheet1971 Yes you were . . . . "A lot of these activists haven't been aroumd long enough to see the bigger picture" HS2 is an unnecessary vanity project, incompetently thought out, designed and at odds with the environmental standards that this government bluster about supporting.

[@dolceanstar]

@@svmwasthesheet1971 "Seeing the bigger picture" requires intelligence and I know 7 year olds that grasp that concept. That's the way it is.

[@interestedErvini]

Fir all you know they could just be playing Minecraft and are different for diamonds.

[@matthewmichaels669]

One protester, Blue Sanford, 18, from London, said: “I’m in this tunnel because they are irresponsibly putting my life at risk from the climate and ecological emergency." What about that tunnel you've built with no engineering advice, do you think that'll put your life at risk? Nice tache though.

[@cestparti7577]

The mental gymnastics of a cult member. XR is a new age death cult and they are exploiting the young.

[@Disciple1786]

@@cestparti7577 XR or ER? You used both in separate replies so just want to be sure which death cult to stay away from? I'd rather stay away from the death cult that allows the destruction or irreparable damage to five internationally protected wildlife sites, 693 local wildlife sites, 108 ancient woodlands and 33 legally protected sites of special scientific interest.

[@threedogs8349]

Gold comment,particularly the tache comment.👍

[@aserta]

Funny thing is they've caused damage to the trees and park. They were squatting illegally there and ruined the whole lot. There's even a fukken tree house. In lead, of course, Swampy, a decrepit cultist leader who has been living on benefits for Nth years now.

[@dracomet2097]

"secret" tunnel on the BBC. Not so secret anymore huh?

[@mrp8317]

I guess as no one normal watches the bbc it's only the odd balls and Jimmy savilles buddy's that the thought would find out

[@DarkPlaysThings]

@@mrp8317 - says as he comments on BBC video

[@davidhaney1394]

I think this was the "great reveal" , the chose now to reveal its location to start the protest . Personally I would just fill it in , but , meh .

[@davecook3973]

Tree huggers are not the sharpest tools in the box or the most hygienic

[@mrp8317]

@@DarkPlaysThings it's a youtube video now mate and any title about people building a tunnel to stop hs2 was getting a watch

[@Krisztus1Haver]

Jesus this girl is so naive

[@autoculto7629]

Rather stupid, we get a lot of water at this time of year. Hope they can hold their breaths !

[@charlietango8340]

The infrastructure of London’s streets won’t allow the rain water to reach deep enough in the ground in order for tunnel to flood.

[@autoculto7629]

@@charlietango8340 pump some farm slurry down there then. They'd soon evacuate lol

[@williamshade5999]

@@autoculto7629 they are probably doing that themselves lol😄😄😄

[@aserta]

@@charlietango8340 The very infrastructure these stupids are "fighting" against.

[@alelectric2767]

“The planet isn’t going anywhere, we are” So please stop saying your trying to save the planet.

[@ricardobimblesticks1489]

Jennifer Keller knows her onions :D

[@activesmoker4509]

Breaking news hs2 campaigners trapped in a make shift tunnel underneath Euston railway station .

[@Roedy_Coedy]

"excessive groundworks are underway to free them. While completing this work they are also laying foundations for the future expansion" - checkmate.

[@Ben-db5re]

What’s stopping terrorists doing the same? Pretty concerning!

[@glenwithacamera2798]

The top secret top gear anti HS2 base. Just near Euston Station. Next to the Kebab Shop.

[@benh1216]

😂😂😂😂 nice TG reference there!

[@ce1834]

HS2 should have been built decades ago, high speed rail needs to be a good alternative

[@blick7445]

Im pretty sure London already has an impressive tunnel I recall its called the London Underground

[@domo1980]

sarcasm at it's finest :-)

[@ce1834]

The next expansion - just use these guys

[@armandssaulitis6951]

These people need to be shown the enormity of earth just so they know that a little park with a few trees next to a train station literally has no impact on this planet.

[@agentcarbunkle]

hope they dont did through a radon gas pocket

[@dracomet2097]

Ok, we want to save the planet, I want to stop building highspeed trains so more people will be forced to use cars and aeroplanes as they are totally much better for the environment. 👍

[@dolceanstar]

Nobody is "forced" to use cars and aeroplanes.

[@dracomet2097]

@@dolceanstar You're right, when your boss asks you to travel for work, you are merely being paid to use them. Even better! 👍

[@chewieqtpie]

Exactly we need more public transport it would mean less people using cars which is better according to them

[@xr6lad]

@@dolceanstar what an absolute knuckle.

[@dannywhite132]

@@dolceanstar Economically forced, not physically.

[@sepgorut2492]

Some protests are allowed to continue, others are stopped with ruthless force.

[@Ruscococo1]

@Maria McClaughlin no social distancing or masks used in the video, yet people get fined 60 quid for going a walk with their dog.

[@Name-mu5bk]

They need a secure ward and medication not a tunnel

[@amanb8]

How stupid are some people. The time they spent digging go get a job and build some trees in there home

[@jakefranklin4013]

The thing is the one point of HS2 is to help Britain get to carbon 0 by 2050 and HS2 environmentalist said that they replace any trees that will be replaced.

[@tombg555]

I don't understand what the point of building a tunnel is? How will a tunnel stop them building HS2?

[@dannywhite132]

it wont. Its just trying to cause disruption. If they dig a tunnel and live down there then there has to be a survey done to check they didnt plant anything, gotta make sure no one is living down there, its just trying to cause a headache. Its public ground so they will argue they cant be evicted etc

[@gangster3.036]

I find it ironic that they use wood to hold it up

[@kushking5354]

I cant 🤣

[@cestparti7577]

Hahahaha - comment of the day !

[@duplicitouskendoll9402]

It must be eco wood.

[@gangster3.036]

@@duplicitouskendoll9402 what the hell is eco wood.

[@tom201090]

Firstly - Protests like these are one reason construction projects overrun and go overbudget. Second - This Tunnel won't stop HS2. Third - Public Transport is one way of getting more vehicles off the road. And the better public transport is the more people are likely to use it. Fourth - There are strict rules and regulations concerning the environment when it comes to construction projects - I am not sure what the regulations are however but I do know HS2 is following them (I work in rail construction so, from time to time I do 'hear' things). Fifth - They are putting a burden and risk on our, already overworked Emergency service. Sixth - Its the taxpayer who'll end up footing the bill (how many of them have jobs I don't know). Seven - If they want to keep this tunnel secret...why are they giving a TV interview to the BBC?

[@mikeemery3937]

So...Guess who is not so good at keeping secrets?? 🤣😂

[@aduncan520]

what is the purpose of the tunnel ahaha - 100% will collapse

[@iamdmc]

darwin awards that's what

[@TheSkunkyMonk]

Stops machinery moving in up above if they know they are putting life at risk. Idiocy though far worse things going on than the rich kids railway.

[@toreason8146]

@@TheSkunkyMonk this is about the environment.

[@Robert-xq2yz]

@@toreason8146 And what is the environmental cost of building a railway? I imagine it is a lot smaller then the sum total of greenhouse gas emissions that are created by the cars that will be taken of the road thanks to improved public infrastructure.

[@rkid5304]

Nothing but it does show the power of crack when applied in the work place

[@dannywhite132]

The fact she says its about saving trees shows how short sighted she is. HS2 is massively carbon friendly, and helps reduce congestion on current lines.

[@leodesalis5915]

It's almost as if they never do any research and constantly embarrass themselves with stuff like this like when some extinction rebellion activists chained themselves to the dlr Britain's only 100% electric and carbon free train system forcing thousands of Londoners to use their cars and causes massive congestion and traffic jams that day

[@denislaminaccia1]

According to the government's own research, there will be next to none carbon savings - all because the construction of it will negate most of the potential benefit during it's lifetime. So they dropped the line about carbon friendliness. It is too expensive for negligible benefit. Should have improved the existing NR infrastructure for a quarter of the price.

[@alexnorth3393]

That's debatable tbh.

[@artemis4779]

shitty tunnel that will collapse and waist the time of emergency services to rescue those inside

[@georgedonnellan36]

That's the plan.

[@juliettebravosprteam4072]

Don’t forget congregating in massive groups in central London with no masks during a deadly pandemic in which hospitals are struggling to find capacity! Nice to know they’re having fun with their little tunnel though isn’t it

[@ElSchnellder69]

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

[@gordonwilkinson5041]

you could volunteer to go to Mars when they need volunteers.

[@zercogaming]

@@gordonwilkinson5041 If only it would be that simple :D

[@ElSchnellder69]

@@zercogaming I wish it could be that simple too bud

[@altaiir55twitch59]

As the song goes "I am a dwarf and I am digging a hole! Diggy diggy hole! diggy diggy hole!"

[@Sarge92]

cares about the enviroment yet wants to prevent the construction of a trainline that could mean thousands of cars every day no longer need to be on the roads to commute to work and instead can use a more energy efficiant train with the potential to electrify the line later to use renewable energys

[@wildcat3025]

Well to build it they are cutting down a few forests

[@TalesOfWar]

The entire line will be electrified and other lines around the country that it'll impact will also gain electrification. The next phase after HS2 (now called Northern Powerhouse Rail, previously HS3) relies heavily on this thing being built which will electrify the majority of the main lines around the northern towns and cities which have been in dire need of such a thing for decades. Parts of the network around the country have been on the "soon" list for this for literally a century and this project will finally bring that upgrade to some parts of it. It's dumb to stop it, they clearly don't see the bigger picture. We've needed this for decades.

[@TalesOfWar]

@@wildcat3025 They're cutting down a few acres worth of trees and planting 7 million more. That will more than offset the ones lost and new, growing trees will absorb more CO2 than the old existing ones they're chopping down.

[@rebengas889]

As idiotic as this idea is, very impressive digging out a tunnel in central london!

[@fleshboundtobone]

How the hell did they dispose of that much earth with no-one noticing??

[@rebengas889]

@@fleshboundtobone they said they just spread it out over the ground.... As a building contractor, I can assure you it doesn't work like that (even for just basic extension footings 🤣)

[@aserta]

Not really. The only impressive thing here is how incompetent the police force is.

[@judewillis1544]

Trains are more environmentally friendly than driving or flying especially if it's an electric Train I don't understand why they have an issue with this do they want people to travel on horseback or is that to environmentally harmful for them

[@jermainetrainallen6416]

Exactly. They are silent on the numerous new road projects planned.

[@walruswarlock4800]

Why would you need to be flying within the UK. HS2 is going through what little ancient woodland we have left in this country. These people are usually misinformed and naive but at least they are 'fighting' for what they believe in.

[@PeteS_1994]

@@walruswarlock4800 Our current rail system is outdated though when it comes to High Speed and even the trains that follow the HS2 route, Virgin Pendolinos, have been adapted to deal better with the old infrastructure and the curves on it. New infrastructure is the solution to the outdated railway infrastructure.

[@BloodArtistify]

When you get bored in quarantine

[@cestparti7577]

Be good on top of everything else the protesters get fined for covid too !

[@zopEnglandzip]

Fighting to save the planet by stopping a railway that'll reduce co2 emissions? What am I missing?

[@SCCGunny]

I know. Oh the irony. Clearly not very smart people.

[@disobeytoday4685]

The Government have clearly said this railway will not have a Net gain in reduced carbon emissions. They expect it to not produce a Net loss. That's from the Government. But the Chuckle Brothers here have all the answers 🙄

[@zopEnglandzip]

@@disobeytoday4685 you've tried to use too many big words and have confused yourself. Either way, one of the primary reasons for a dedicated high speed link is the current west coast line will be able to run more freight and better local services giving a net reduction in emissions. The government were clear that over 120 years hs2 wouldn't reduce emissions due to its constitution emissions but this is different to net reduction ie. The trucks cars and planes that may not even be built because their loads are carried by rail.

[@disobeytoday4685]

@@zopEnglandzip I actually saw and heard with my own eyes and ears a Government official discussing it. I'm going to stick with what they said, over some random guy called Jimbo on KZbin

[@adamrules01]

This is going to be the death of them.

[@gordonwilkinson5041]

I bloomin hope not, poor things.

[@joehatton1884]

Seing as what they are digging is so friable all it would take is a a minor quake as we have seen 2 over the last year, or a small gas explosion nearby to dislodge it and either crush or suffocate them.

[@adamrules01]

@@gordonwilkinson5041 Their heart is good but they are misguided and mislead. They are taken advantage of by politicians to gain votes. The environmentalism movement is now associated with left wing politics. Its been subverted.

[@boldford]

@@adamrules01 BS

[@terilyte3152]

@@adamrules01 Yeah, I'm left wing but I agree, the left have managed to take control of environmentalism when it should be one of the few subjects where everyone agrees. European countries have blue-green coalitions but that could never happen here. And high speed rail will be good for the environment in the long run.

[@Byrni1111]

They will use these tunnels for HS2? Free labour.

[@stevo2212]

Break through into another tunnel they weren’t expecting and there’s the HS2 team cheering 😅

[@londontaxijim9526]

Should of given them the contract, would have been completed on time and under budget!

[@Xx_m1k3_0X1onG_xX]

Hang on wouldn't people driving cause more environmental damage than people using a train?

[@gordonwilkinson5041]

probably, but their on about the environmental damage that would be cause by building it.

[@zopEnglandzip]

Bob on mate, I don't like the idea of woodlands being destroyed but a new line frees up the old for more freight, it'll have an impact on the number of trucks, busses and cars on the road.

[@WhatDemocracy]

All well and good if your not Losing your home because of this..

[@zopEnglandzip]

@@F.O.O it's the lesser of two evils really, native species are dying off anyway due climate change, not building hs2 isn't going to save them till the end of this century but it will improve the country, potentially seeing more investment, more breakthroughs in the sciences ect. It's only when we can give the rest of the world clean energy like fusion that there is any chance of bringing this under control.

[@zopEnglandzip]

@@F.O.O I think you are missing the point, those woodlands will die in the next 50 years regardless. They are being replaced with species more capable of resisting the current threats.

[@motoartdesign]

Go into central London, find a park and start digging yourself a tunnel, then see how long it is before the Police come along and cart you off. Strange how these people seem to get a free pass from the police time and time again.

[@firebertio2]

I was thinking the exact same, if i started digging a sand pit in the local park let alone a tunnel id be carted off, hit with criminal convictions and huge fines. welcome to the weird world we live in.

[@duplicitouskendoll9402]

Glad they're not the quintissential posh-rich-gap-year-never-seen-the countryside types.

[@theenchiladakid1866]

It's a secret, I'll show you

[@camhealey9278]

I actually can’t stand people like this

[@CardenasBlack]

This my friends is a result of people with too much time on their hands

[@mikib76]

Still claiming there benefits though, these people a embarrassment, remove them.

[@nathan-iz2bq]

their

[@Disciple1786]

That was embarrassing

[@cammy5221]

Ironically they are using wood to hold up the tunnels 😳

[@zusroj5176]

If the trees don’t want to die they should’ve stayed at HOME! wait-

[@justahillbilly7777]

Ah yes. Digging tunnels to protest a high speed rail line. Because that makes sense.

[@gregw4303]

Sooner or later they will realise all this will make no difference, all that for nothing.

[@gungaloscrungalo8925]

Don't know who to laugh at, the wackos or the police who totally missed this.

[@PianoandKeysStudio]

Won't be laughing at anyone if god forbid that tunnel collapses.

[@Sh-qi5ny]

They should be arrested! It’s not their property to dig through

[@T_BG_TRRR]

I have to have a permit to dig before i can stick the bucket in the ground

[@Esafc-lb2sg]

They will be arrested but at least they’re standing up for what they believe.

[@radosaw4616]

I walk past them everyday lol and they just get high leave them alone😂

[@SCCGunny]

@@1903StandFree most likely claiming benefits.

[@disobeytoday4685]

@@1903StandFree Total cost of unemployment benefits = 1.2billon Total cost of tax avoidance = 70billion You are a couple of idiots.

[@crazyforiegner2]

@@disobeytoday4685 I just searched up on Google and Benefits altogether 2019/2020 = 192.4 billion Tax avoidance cost 2016/2017 = 1.7 billion

[@ConchTheGabberGreer]

I think the question we should all be asking here is, how are they managing to get dope during this pandemic?

[@disobeytoday4685]

@@crazyforiegner2 1) we're talking specifically about *Unemployment* benefits. The entire welfare system covers many, many different types of benefits. 2) You forgot to write your source. A quick Google search isn't good enough.

[@new-knowledge8040]

Inside the hut, you quickly see that the inside is bigger than the outside. It is the first man made tardis.

[@iman2341]

HS2 don’t even intend to touch the trees in Euston Square... but sure, dig around their root structure, I’m sure they’ll love that.

[@JohnPaulGreenwood]

The park in question is to the South of Euston Station, and the HS2 goes directly North - so how is this going to stop the HS2?

[@KaganRustem]

"It's a bit of a secret....here, let me show you the way on national TV"

[@streetwisehercules9956]

“And here is our secret tunnel.”

[@Kub5008]

"delaying HS2", well surely if you were against climate change it would be the best idea to build it now, so in a couple of years when it is ready, people can fully use it, not waiting a few years, then having it built, cause it is and will be built.

[@lukasgray9027]

That's the thing, any expert will tell you HS2 is carbon friendly because it removes fast trains from existing lines which frees up more track path space for freight and local services. Anti HS2 people need to learn about cause and effect.

[@alexnorth3393]

@@lukasgray9027 Nah other experts disagree with your conclusion though. It isn't some green project.

[@lukasgray9027]

@@alexnorth3393 Care to tell me who? It's a green project through the amount of rail freight capacity it creates.

[@lukasgray9027]

@@F.O.O It's a railway. It's very long and very thin. The total area of land disrupted by HS2 is tiny in comparison to other infrastructure projects because of this.

[@Kub5008]

@@JosefMengeleNHS well what about all the people who already use out-of-date express lines up to the north? They will transition to HS2

[@truthcerum1222]

They’ve just handed their Deathstar land to the authorities

[@TurinTuramber]

Isn't HS2 about getting people out of their cars and into public transport?...

[@ethansaviation2672]

Exactly, they can't be pleased.

[@ant7936]

Now, if they were digging a tunnel under the Houses of Parliament.........

[@silverback5814]

Now now we don't want another over hyped capital riot again do we

[@GIOGS]

Okay let’s stop HS2 and instead of moving more freight around by rail we will put more diesel polluting lorries on our already congested roads. I really don’t understand the logic of these clowns...

[@antcraft3590]

You don’t understand their logic because there is no logic. If they did at least 5 minutes of research, they’d see the environmental benefits, and how they are trying to make HS2 the greenest railway yet. And while they are doing all this to “help” the environment, they only environment they are helping is the one that let’s covid spread. Oh, and let’s not forget that when this tunnel collapses, they’ll be begging for help from a health service that is overstretched and doesn’t need nonsense like this to deal with. Even though I am a fan for Heathrow’s 3rd runway, I can understand those protests, but this protest is just stupid. And that’s the only word to sum people like this up, stupid.

[@Beckasarus230]

And after they are evicted itll be filled with concrete. Great for the environment

[@kushking5354]

Something to be uncovered in hundreds of years The survivors will be amazed how stone formed around a skeleton 🤣

[@TalesOfWar]

I imagine they'd just pull out as much crap as possible the backfill it with soil and gravel rather than concrete.

[@csaviation9013]

Hats off to them for digging the tunnel all by hand, but what have they achieved? How is a 100ft long tunnel going to stop HS2?

[@BarnabyPerrinAldous]

HS2 is a massive waste of time, energy, resources, money, and natural habitat. However, it's the fastest way for a small number of people to make a big pile of money.

[@sadie376]

It was, until the 'vaccine rollout'...

[@reececoleman2758]

Digging a tunnel for what ? How’s it going to stop a train ?

[@joecullen3149]

To be honest, I have thought the best place to keep a secret was the news, not only that, I’d definitely give my tunnel a secret name, then tell everyone

[@Penguipp]

That's not a camp that's a slum

[@dkg-616]

How is building a tunnel in the middle of London going to help the environment and stop hs2? Am I missing something here?

[@aserta]

Yeah, you're not as stupid as they are. Imagine being so utterly dumb, that you'd think somehow saving old, scrawny, pollution bogged trees in a city will somehow be better than a HS line that upsets traffic up top with electric transport...

[@robincoleman1350]

If this was a new motorway or runway I'd support them. But rail is one of the most environmentally friendly forms of transport there is. Totally misguided.

[@crunchykevlar]

"fights climate change" " Imma dig a tunnel"

[@willienelsongonzalez4609]

You don’t need to be an expert to realise that tunnel is completely and utterly dangerous, not just to them but others that may have to rescue them when that tunnel collapses.

[@leodesalis5915]

Or just the poor people walking past that have nothing to do with this that then get dragged into a sinkhole and dies after all this collapses below them

[@stehaughton5074]

Can't stop laughin , trust the kids to give the game away 😂😂

[@slickidrich490]

Rumour has it that there is a secret tunnel situated in a HS2 protest camp in Euston.

[@thegametesterman]

😂

[@carefreemc1445]

Nah you've got it wrong, its a load of kids queuing up for tickets to see a Grime MC called Kelvin!

[@davidbell2886]

Fair play to them that is dedication we need people like this

[@marksinthehouse1968]

Could cross rail use them ???

[@GrahamTruman]

Parents, I hope your proud of your little cherubs!

[@daveabd]

dont evict them with cherry pickers and cranes etc. simply lay siege to the tree house. eventually they will run out of food and water. then they will come down. simple. a week max.

[@31secondsorthereabouts86]

And listen to how posh her accent is as well. I bet they've never had to actual suffer or starve in thier lives. It's pathetic.

[@jonathancook4022]

The best way to prevent climate change is to build railways and electrify them, that way more people will take the train rather than driving

[@skurrskurr7387]

Imagine if these people have jobs

[@dolceanstar]

They'd be way more productive than our government and do less damage.

[@dolceanstar]

@This is the Way They dig a better tunnel in the middle of the metropolis than you ever could. What's your contribution to life on Earth, denigration of others?

[@archiecroft7114]

I wish these people would realise that overall HS2 helps the environment by taking people out of cars and off trains and putting cargo on tracks

[@alexnorth3393]

Debatable though. Look at the science before saying that.

[@TalesOfWar]

@@alexnorth3393 The "science" says exactly that. The point of this is to have a dedicated high speed line up the length of the country for frequent passenger trains to get from one end to the other. We currently do this on the West Coast Mainline (and East, but this is about the West) but it means those trains have right of way for the entire trip, despite them making only 3-5 stops the entire length of the country. Other traffic has to get out of its way which leads to much lower capacity on and around those lines. With its own dedicated track, the existing track and then be used for more frequent and reliable local services for commuting etc. Freight can also make use of the tracks as the speed difference between them and the commuter rail is much smaller than it is compared to the already relatively high speed inter city services, so the lag between one and the next train can be smaller from a safety stand point. It's a net win for everyone along the route as it takes traffic off the roads by providing more reliable, quicker local train services.

[@rebeccafitzpatrick2233]

She only gets publicity cause her dad is rich.

[@AJ-xr5tj]

Insane don't give them airtime .. committed criminal damages

[@PianoandKeysStudio]

I'm against HS2 and always have been, but this is just completely dangerous and stupid.

[@eighteenfiftynine]

Standard practice for these types of protest. Given the fact that MPs seem to support this regardless of the projects unpopularity, I'm not really sure what else anyone could do. I'm quite glad these hippies are doing something about it.

[@PianoandKeysStudio]

@@eighteenfiftynine So am I, but I just hope and 🙏🏻 for everyones safety.