High Speed 2: Cruise Control ft. Gareth Dennis

TRASHFUTURE

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4.6 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Gareth Dennis from Rail Natter returns to the fold to discuss the debacle around the cancellation, uncancellation, rerouting, and re-rerouting of Britain's much maligned High Speed Two line. We posit that the purpose of the line itself is to generate consultation papers, and everyone would rather have just not put a spade in the ground. If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture *STREAM ALERT* Check out our Twitch stream, which airs 9-11 pm UK time every Monday and Thursday, at the following link: https://www.twitch.tv/trashfuturepodcast*WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here: https://www.tomallen.media/*MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s upcoming live shows here: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-showsTrashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum)

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0:00.0	It is with no joy that I bring you this announcement today.
0:18.7	Captain Gatso appears to have fallen.
0:21.6	That's right.
0:22.6	Captain Gatso is now, has been made a martyr for the South Essex Revolutionary Cuds Brigade.
0:31.6	Yeah, the government, the regime forces, the Block Dib Bustela, has captured and compromised to a
0:39.2	permanent end, the heroic revolutionary insurgent known only as Captain Gatser.
0:45.5	Wait, wait.
0:46.5	So I've got some questions on this.
0:50.1	When he was arrested, the message that came up in the group chat, which is now where I get
0:54.1	all my
0:54.4	news from, is, was that Captain Gatso had been taken down. But where did the idea that he's
1:01.2	Captain Gatso? Because I'm not convinced that he's Captain Gatso. Hussein, I can tell you exactly
1:05.8	what happened, which is, Captain Gatso is very dangerous, much like Jerry Adams.
1:12.2	And so the BBC had to get the guy who played young Inspector Morse to play him in the
1:17.9	arrest video.
1:18.9	Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:19.9	So the words of Captain Gatser have been read by an actor, but in this case the actor
1:24.1	was Laurence Foss.
1:26.1	That's right.
1:28.3	And like four van loads of cops have just showed up in his house.
1:31.3	I love that he shaved his own head in preparation of going to prison, something that I don't
1:35.3	think you have to do if you go to a British prison.
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