Surely its true that our nukes are US controlled- lets face it they have the highest regard for us when it comes to security and intelligence matters but as we could at anytime elect someone who in their eyes was a Commie why on earth wouldnt they have a backstop to stop such a person using them or not using them against US interestes.
As to the comment about Russian disinformation they might have been true once but these days they might already be in control of our defence network without us knowing it. After all they helped get us out of Europe and elected Boris didnt they?
Of course the words tongue and cheek sort of apply to above.
As for over budget projects they do exist everywhere except possibly France where Napoleans tactic of executing dodgy ship builders still lives in some memories but then the french seem accept that all such projects are run by crooked politicians and crooked contractors-if the overrun isnt obscene and the project works then its just c'est la vie.
The issue with HS2 is that is it really worth it given the Birmingham isnt far from London anyway and does it really matter to anyone if a train takes 55 minutes or 1 hr 20, its not going to make day trips easier or businessmens ives more efficient and certainly not cheaper , in terms of real improvments LHR 3 would be a better investment along with better cross country rail to diversify things away from London. Lets face it if phase 2, the northern part ,was to be built first it would never have left the drawing board