A return to the noughties, when enough was never enough

Motorways are ramparts from which surrounding pastures can be pillaged for votes writes Gerard Howlin

A return to the noughties, when enough was never enough

IT’S OF antique interest only but I recall the launch of the first National Development Plan on November 15, 1999.

It was a £40bn plan, and no that punt sign is not a typo. That’s the money we had then, and we never had so much of it.

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